Dating the Dreaming: Extinct fauna in the petroglyphs of the Pilbara region, Western Australia

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 40-48

  Mulvaney, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extinct fauna; Fat tailed macropod; Pilbara; Rock art; Thylacine

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649876035     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2009.tb00067.x     Document Type: Article

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