The palaeoenvironmental context of the Palaeolithic of Java: A brief review

Quaternary International

Volumn 416, Issue , 2016, Pages 38-45

  Sémah, Anne Marie ^a,b   Sémah, François ^b   Moigne, Anne Marie ^b   Ingicco, Thomas ^b   Purnomo, Andri ^c   Simanjuntak, Truman ^d   Widianto, Harry ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Conservation Office of Sangiran Early Man ^*  (Indonesia)

^d National Research and Development Centre for Archaeology   (Indonesia)

^e Ministry of Education and Culture   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Acheulean; Homo erectus; Java; Palaeoenvironment; Paleolithic

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FOSSIL; HOMINID; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOLITHIC;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAVA; SUNDA ISLES;

HOMO ERECTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84962106775     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.026     Document Type: Article

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