Patterns of chronological variability in occupation on the coastal margin of blue mud bay

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 81-88

  Faulkner, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronology; Holocene; Northern Australia; Shell mounds; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149314760     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2008.tb00033.x     Document Type: Article

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