Origin and development of Australian Aboriginal tropical rainforest culture: A reconsideration

Antiquity

Volumn 70, Issue 270, 1996, Pages 900-912

  Cosgrove, Richard ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINAL CULTURE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; HISTORICAL STUDY; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; PALAEOLITHIC; RAINFOREST OCCUPATION;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0030436325     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00084155     Document Type: Article

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