Lost Foraging Opportunities for East Asian Hunter-Gatherers Due to Rising Sea Level Since the Last Glacial Maximum

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 255-266

  d'Alpoim Guedes, Jade ^a   Austermann, Jacqueline ^b   Mitrovica, Jerry X ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUNTER-GATHERER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSISTENCE;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84955488354     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21542     Document Type: Article

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