The Hoabinhian from Laang Spean Cave in its stratigraphic, chronological, typo-technological and environmental context (Cambodia, Battambang province)

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 194-206

  Forestier, Hubert ^a   Sophady, Heng ^b   Puaud, Simon ^c   Celiberti, Vincenzo ^d   Frère, Stéphane ^e   Zeitoun, Valéry ^f   Mourer Chauviré, Cécile ^g   Mourer, Roland ^h   Than, Heng ^b   Billault, Laurence ⁱ  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts   (Cambodia)

^c MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^e INRAP   (France)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^h UMR 208 IRD MNHN ^*  (France)

ⁱ INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Hoabinhian; Hunter gatherers; Laang Spean; Late Pleistocene Holocene transition; Pebble tools; Southeast Asia; Tropical subsistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931268911     PISSN: 2352409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.06.008     Document Type: Article

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