Post-depositional alteration of humid tropical cave sediments: Micromorphological research in the Great Cave of Niah, Sarawak, Borneo

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 77, Issue , 2017, Pages 109-124

  Stephens, M ^a   Rose, J ^b,c   Gilbertson, D D ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borneo; Cave sediments; Early modern humans; Great Cave of Niah; Humid tropics; Micromorphology; Post depositional alteration

Indexed keywords

CAVE DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOISTURE;

BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; NIAH CAVES; SARAWAK;

EID: 84957701477     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2016.01.015     Document Type: Article

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