Dauan 4 and the emergence of ethnographically-known social arrangements across Torres Strait during the last 600-800 years

Australian Archaeology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-12

  McNiven, Ian J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 34447105044     PISSN: 03122417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2006.11681825     Document Type: Article

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