Tigershark Rockshelter (Baidamau Mudh): Seascape and settlement reconfigurations on the Sacred islet of Pulu, Western Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait)

Australian Archaeology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2008, Pages 15-32

  McNiven, Ian J ^a   Crouch, Joe ^a   Weisler, Marshall ^b   Kemp, Noel ^c   Martínez, Lucía Clayton ^d   Stanisic, John ^e   Orr, Meredith ^a   Brady, Liam ^a   Hocknull, Scott ^e   Boles, Walter ^f  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Universidad Autónoma de Madrid ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^f AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

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EID: 60949464557     PISSN: 03122417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2008.11681865     Document Type: Article

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