Old boundaries and new horizons: The Weipa shell mounds reconsidered

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Morrison, Michael ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 58149294241     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2003.tb00516.x     Document Type: Article

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