Cave Sites in northeastern Luzon, Philippines: A preliminary soil micromorphological study

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-118

  Mijares, Armand Salvador B ^a   Lewis, Helen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cave sites; Neolithic; Northern luzon; Palaeolithic; Soil micromorphology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOMARKER; BIOTURBATION; BURNING; CAVE SYSTEM; FIRE HISTORY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NEOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC; REWORKING; WOOD ASH;

LUZON; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 75949130172     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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