Rock art: A potential source of information about past maritime technology in the South-East Asia-Pacific Region

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 238-253

  Lape, Peter V ^a   O'Connor, Sue ^b   Burningham, Nick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

East Timor; Maritime technology; Pacific; Rock art; South East Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548228489     PISSN: 10572414     EISSN: 10959270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-9270.2006.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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