Hunter-gatherers and the archaeology of discard behavior: An analysis of surface stone artifacts from Sturt National Park, Western New South Wales, Australia

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-72

  Holdaway, Simon ^a   Shiner, Justin ^a   Fanning, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid Australia; Hunter gatherers; Late holocene; Lithics

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HUNTER-GATHERER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; STURT NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 2542445258     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2004.0005     Document Type: Article

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