Clothing and modern human behaviour: Prehistoric Tasmania as a case study

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 102-111

  Gilligan, Ian ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clothing; Human cold tolerance; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349087656     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2007.tb00023.x     Document Type: Article

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