A matter of balance: An overview of pleistocene occupation history and the impact of the last glacial phase in East Timor and the Aru Islands, eastern Indonesia

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 82-90

  O'Connor, Sue ^a   Aplin, Ken ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aru islands; East timor; Eastern indonesia; Last glacial maximum (LGM); Pleistocene fauna

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049098331     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2007.tb00021.x     Document Type: Article

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