Early human occupation of northern Australia: Archaeology and thermoluminescence dating of Jinmium rock-shelter, Northern Territory

Antiquity

Volumn 70, Issue 270, 1996, Pages 751-773

  Fullagar, R L K ^a   Price, D M ^b   Head, L M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HUMAN COLONISATION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, JINMIUM;

EID: 0030436327     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00084040     Document Type: Article

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