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Mainland-coastal interactions in East Borneo: Inter-site comparison and Bayesian chronological models of two Late Pleistocene–Holocene sequences (Liang Abu and Kimanis rock shelters)

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Pages 360-397 | Received 25 Oct 2020, Accepted 28 Jan 2022, Published online: 21 Sep 2022

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