Early human symbolic behavior in the Late Pleistocene of Wallacea

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 16, 2017, Pages 4105-4110

  Brumm, Adam ^a,b   Langley, Michelle C ^a,c   Moore, Mark W ^d   Hakim, Budianto ^e   Ramli, Muhammad ^f   Sumantri, Iwan ^g   Burhan, Basran ^h   Saiful, Andi Muhammad ^e   Siagian, Linda ⁱ   Suryatman, ^e   Sardi, Ratno ^e   Jusdi, Andi ^j   Abdullah, ^j   Mubarak, Andi Pampang ^j   Hasliana, ^e   Hasrianti, ^e   Oktaviana, Adhi Agus ^k   Adhityatama, Shinatria ^k   Van Den Bergh, Gerrit D ^l   Aubert, Maxime ^a   Zhao, Jian Xin ^m   Huntley, Jillian ^a   Li, Bo ^l   Roberts, Richard G ^a,l   Saptomo, E Wahyu ^b,k,l   Perston, Yinika ^d   Grün, Rainer ^a,c   more..

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^e Balai Arkeologi   (Indonesia)

^f Balai Pelestarian Cagar Budaya   (Indonesia)

^g HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^h Museum Kepresidenan Republik Indonesia Balai Kirti ^*  (Indonesia)

ⁱ Museum Kepresidenan Republik Indonesia Balai Kirti   (Indonesia)

^j Balai Pelestarian Cagar Budaya   (Indonesia)

^k Pusat Arkeologi Nasional   (Indonesia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

Cognition; Personal ornamentation; Pleistocene art; Pleistocene symbolism; Wallacea

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

ART; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BEHAVIOR; BODY REGIONS; CAVE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAUNA; HUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH; UPPER PLEISTOCENE; ARCHEOLOGY; FOSSIL; HISTORY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDONESIA; MIGRATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBOLISM;

ARCHAEOLOGY; ART; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; INDONESIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 85017640896     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1619013114     Document Type: Article

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