Pleistocene seed-grinding implements from the Australian arid zone

Antiquity

Volumn 71, Issue 272, 1997, Pages 300-307

  Fullagar, Richard ^a   Field, Judith ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0000496134     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00084921     Document Type: Article

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