A new chronological framework for prehistoric Southeast Asia, based on a Bayesian model from Ban Non Wat

Antiquity

Volumn 83, Issue 319, 2009, Pages 125-144

  Higham, Charles ^a   Higham, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian modelling; Bronze Age; Iron Age; Neolithic; Radiocarbon; Southeast Asia; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450264025     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00098136     Document Type: Article

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