Quarrying masses of information: An approach to the recording and interpretation of a quarry assemblage

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 50-61

  Doelman, Trudy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Quarrying; Spatial analysis; Technological organisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750963539     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2005.tb00585.x     Document Type: Article

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