Pleistocene settlement in the Australian arid zone: Occupation of an inland riverine landscape in the central Australian ranges

Antiquity

Volumn 72, Issue 275, 1998, Pages 34-45

  Thorley, Peter B ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID AREA; COLONISATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PLEISTOCENE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0031814646     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00086257     Document Type: Article

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