Global Deserts in Perspective

Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-13

  Smith, Mike ^a   Veth, Peter ^b   Hiscock, Peter ^c   Wallis, Lynley A ^c  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric stability; Australia; Classic ethnographies; Global deserts; Hunter gatherer societies

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049115529     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470774632.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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