Pleistocene cave art from Sulawesi, Indonesia

Nature

Volumn 514, Issue 7521, 2014, Pages 223-227

  Aubert, M ^a,b   Brumm, A ^a,b   Ramli, M ^c   Sutikna, T ^a,d   Saptomo, E W ^c   Hakim, B ^e   Morwood, M J ^c   Van Den Bergh, G D ^a   Kinsley, L ^e   Dosseto, A ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Balai Pelestarian Peninggalan Purbakala ^*

^d National Centre for Archaeology (ARKENAS)   (Indonesia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ART; CAVE; KARST; MIGRATION; PLEISTOCENE; SOCIAL HISTORY; SPELEOTHEM; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

AGE DETERMINATION; ART; ARTICLE; CAVE; INDONESIA; MASS SPECTROMETER; PAINTING; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; ANIMAL; DEER; HISTORY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; SWINE;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES; WALLACEA;

ANIMALIA; BABYROUSA BABYRUSSA; CERVIDAE; GABAZA; HOMO SAPIENS; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; ART; CAVES; DEER; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDONESIA; SWINE; URANIUM;

EID: 84908312089     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13422     Document Type: Article

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