An enduring shell artefact tradition from Timor-Leste: Oliva bead production from the pleistocene to late holocene at Jerimalai, Lene Hara, and Matja Kuru 1 and 2

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Langley, Michelle C ^a   O'Connor, Sue ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CAVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LATE HOLOCENE; MOLLUSC; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OLIVA OLIVA; PLEISTOCENE; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SHELL ARTEFACT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAPHONOMY; TIMOR-LESTE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL SHELL; GASTROPOD; HISTORY; JEWELRY; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; GASTROPODA; HISTORY, ANCIENT; JEWELRY; TIMOR-LESTE;

EID: 84984653642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161071     Document Type: Article

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