Rock-art of the Western Desert and Pilbara: Pigment dates provide new perspectives on the role of art in the Australian arid zone

Australian Aboriginal Studies

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-21

  McDonald, Jo ^a   Veth, Peter ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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