Archaeobotany of fruit seed processing in a monsoon savanna environment: Evidence from the Keep River region, Northern Territory, Australia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-181

  Atchison, Jennifer ^a   Head, Lesley ^a   Fullagar, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buchanania obovata; Ethnobotany; Holocene; Persoonia falcata

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FRUIT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; PROCESSING; SAVANNA; SEED;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KEEP RIVER; NORTHERN TERRITORY; WORLD;

EID: 11244334398     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.03.022     Document Type: Article

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