The archaeology of Mungo and the Willandra Lakes: Looking back, looking forward

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 96-106

  Allen, Harry ^a   Holdaway, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ethnographic models; Late pleistocene; Time perspective approaches; Willandra lakes

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349120271     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2009.tb00052.x     Document Type: Review

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