A large area archaeological excavation at Cuddie Springs

Antiquity

Volumn 75, Issue 290, 2001, Pages 696-702

  Field, Judith ^c   Fullagar, Richard ^a   Lord, Garry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Brewarrina Loc Aboriginal Land C   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cuddie Springs; Environmental change; Megafauna; Stone artefacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038895551     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00089195     Document Type: Article

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