Climate, people and faunal succession on Java, Indonesia: evidence from Song Gupuh

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1776-1789

  Morwood, M J ^a,c   Sutikna, T ^b   Saptomo, E W ^b   Westaway, K E ^a   Jatmiko, ^b   Awe Due, R ^b   Moore, M W ^c   Yuniawati, Dwi Yani ^b   Hadi, P ^d   Zhao, J x ^e   Turney, C S M ^a   Fifield, K ^f   Allen, H ^g   Soejono, R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Indonesian Centre for Archaeology   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d Balai Arkeologi   (Indonesia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Biogeography; Cave; Excavation; Fauna; Java; Palaeoenvironment; Stone artefacts

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CAVE DEPOSIT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXCAVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NEOLITHIC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

ASIA; EAST JAVA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; GUNUNG SEWU; INDONESIA; JAVA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES;

ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 43149099901     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.11.025     Document Type: Article

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