Australian aboriginal ethnometeorology and seasonal calendars

History and Anthropology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 79-106

  Clarke, Philip A ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calendars; Cosmology; Ethnometeorology; Seasons; Time; Weather

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549112886     PISSN: 02757206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757200902867677     Document Type: Review

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