Coastal shell middens of the Abydos Coastal plain, Western Australia

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 70-80

  Clune, Genevieve ^a   Harrison, Rodney ^b  

^a Walton Hall ^*

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abydos plain; Anadara granosa; Archaeology; Pilbara; Shell middens

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649878524     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2009.tb00069.x     Document Type: Article

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