Characterizing late Pleistocene and Holocene stone artefact assemblages from Puritjarra rock shelter: A long sequence from the Australian desert

Records of the Australian Museum

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 371-410

  Smith, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 33846821949     PISSN: 22014349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.58.2006.1470     Document Type: Article

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