A 3.5 ka Record of Paleoenvironments and Human Occupation at Angkor Borei, Mekong Delta, Southern Cambodia
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Paul Bishop,1 Dan Penny,2, Miriam Stark,3 and Marian Scott4 1Department of Geography and Topographic Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom 2School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University, Melbourne VIC 3008, Australia 3Department of Anthropology, 2424 Maile Way, Saunders 346, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 4Department of Statistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QW, United Kingdom
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