Oldest human occupation of Wallacea at Laili Cave, Timor-Leste, shows broad-spectrum foraging responses to late Pleistocene environments

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 171, Issue , 2017, Pages 58-72

  Hawkins, Stuart ^a   O'Connor, Sue ^a   Maloney, Tim Ryan ^a   Litster, Mirani ^a   Kealy, Shimona ^a   Fenner, Jack N ^a   Aplin, Ken ^a   Boulanger, Clara ^a   Brockwell, Sally ^a   Willan, Richard ^b   Piotto, Elena ^a   Louys, Julien ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Palaeoecology; Pleistocene; Stable isotope; Stone tool; Timor Leste

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CAVES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPES;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALAEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPES; TIMOR-LESTE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INVERTEBRATE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE; VERTEBRATE;

LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUNDA ISLES; TIMOR; TIMOR-LESTE; WALLACEA;

GABAZA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 85023645731     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.07.008     Document Type: Article

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