Late Quaternary hominin-bat (Chiroptera) interactions in the Asia-Pacific

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 7-17

  Hawkins, Stuart ^a   O'Connor, Sue ^a   Kealy, Shimona ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Applied zooarchaeology; Asia Pacific; Chiroptera; Hominin dispersal; Human impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955571743     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arco.5084     Document Type: Article

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