Human-environment interactions in Australia and New Guinea during the Holocene

Holocene

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-371

  Denham, Tim ^a   Mooney, Scott ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Australia; Holocene; Human environment interactions; New Guinea; Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NEW GUINEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 44449173013     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607087926     Document Type: Review

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