Is there a Pleistocene archaeological site at cuddie springs?

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Gillespie, Richard ^a   Brook, Barry W ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extinction; Megafauna; Palaeochannels; Pleistocene; Seed grinding

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847212854     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2006.tb00600.x     Document Type: Article

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