Reconsidering evidence of Tasmanian fishing

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-142

  Bassett, Everett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fishing; Islands; Isolation; Rocky cape; Sealing; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

EID: 60950158038     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/env.2004.9.2.135     Document Type: Article

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