Desert Archaeology, Linguistic Stratigraphy, and the Spread of the Western Desert Language

Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 222-242

  Smith, Mike ^a  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaeological literature; Australian aboriginal groups; Linguistic prehistory; Puntutjarpa rock shelter; Rudall river

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746902453     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470774632.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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