Shifting cultivators in South Asia: Expansion, marginalisation and specialisation over the long term

Quaternary International

Volumn 249, Issue , 2012, Pages 84-95

  Kingwell Banham, Eleanor ^a   Fuller, Dorian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CIVILIZATION; CULTIVATION; HUNTER-GATHERER; IRON AGE; MARGINALIZATION; NEOLITHIC; PALYNOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

INDIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84855937031     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.05.025     Document Type: Article

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