The prehistory of a Friction Zone: First farmers and hunters-gatherers in Southeast Asia

Antiquity

Volumn 85, Issue 328, 2011, Pages 529-543

  Higham, C F W ^a   Guangmao, Xie ^b   Qiang, Lin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Guangxi Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

Author keywords

Austroasiatic languages; Hunter gatherers; Neolithic; Rice domestication; Southeast Asia; Sundaland; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957663489     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00067922     Document Type: Article

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