Archaeobotany in Australia and New Guinea: Practice, potential and prospects

Australian Archaeology

Volumn 68, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-10

  Denham, Tim ^a   Atchison, Jennifer ^b   Austin, Jeremy ^c   Bestel, Sheahan ^a   Bowdery, Doreen ^d   Crowther, Alison ^e   Dolby, Nic ^a   Fairbairn, Andrew ^e   Field, Judith ^f   Kennedy, Amanda ^e   Lentfer, Carol ^e   Matheson, Carney ^g   Nugent, Sue ^e   Parr, Jeff ^h   Prebble, Matiu ^d   Robertson, Gail ^d,e   Specht, Jim ⁱ   Torrence, Robin ⁱ   Barton, Huw ^j   Fullagar, Richard ^k   Haberle, Simon ^d   Horrocks, Mark ^l   Lewis, Tara ^a   Matthews, Peter ^m   more..

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^k Scarp Archaeology   (Australia)

^l MICROFOSSIL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^m NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY   (Japan)

more..

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EID: 67249153891     PISSN: 03122417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2009.11681884     Document Type: Article

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