A shark-tooth ornament from Pleistocene Sahul

Antiquity

Volumn 81, Issue 312, 2007, Pages 308-315

  Leavesley, Matthew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australasia; New Guinea; New Ireland; Ornament; Pleistocene; Sahul; Shark

Indexed keywords

LANGUAGE; PLEISTOCENE; SHARK; TOOTH;

AUSTRALASIA; EURASIA; MELANESIA; NEW IRELAND [(PRV) PAPUA NEW GUINEA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; GALEOCERDO;

EID: 34250724335     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00095193     Document Type: Article

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