Explaining point variability in the eastern Victoria River region, Northern Territory

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 97-106

  Clarkson, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Reduction trajectory; Stone points; Victoria river

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049141808     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2006.tb00618.x     Document Type: Article

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