Human maritime subsistence strategies in the Lesser Sunda Islands during the terminal Pleistocene–early Holocene: New evidence from Alor, Indonesia

Quaternary International

Volumn 416, Issue , 2016, Pages 64-79

  Samper Carro, Sofía C ^a   O'Connor, Sue ^a   Louys, Julien ^a   Hawkins, Stuart ^a   Mahirta, Mahirta ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Early Holocene; Marine resources; Subsistence strategies; Terminal Pleistocene; Wallacea

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FAUNA; FISH; HOLOCENE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE RESOURCE; PLEISTOCENE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

ALOR ISLANDS; EAST NUSA TENGGARA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUNDA ISLES;

GABAZA; PISCES;

EID: 84951087515     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.07.068     Document Type: Article

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