The Middle Palaeolithic and Late Pleistocence Tasmania hunting behaviour: A reconsideration of the attributes of modern human behaviour

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 321-332

  Cosgrove, Richard ^a   Pike Tay, Anne ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaic humans; Dental increment studies; Macropod aging techniques; Seasonality; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844366198     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.764     Document Type: Article

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