The archaeology of the Port Hedland coastal plain and implications for understanding the prehistory of shell mounds and middens in northwestern Australia

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 81-98

  Harrison, Rodney ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anadara granosa; Archaeology; Pilbara; Port Hedland; Shell middens

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649834429     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2009.tb00070.x     Document Type: Article

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