Nine new painted rock art sites from East Timor in the context of the Western Pacific region

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 96-128

  O'Connor, Sue ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Austronesian painting tradition; East Timor; Island Southeast Asia; Painted rock art; Western Pacific

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; ROCK ART;

EAST TIMOR; WALLACEA;

EID: 0042701476     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2003.0028     Document Type: Article

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