Naturalism, nature and questions of style in Jinsha River Rock Art, Northwest Yunnan, China

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-86

  Taçon, Paul S C ^a   Gang, Li ^b   Decong, Yang ^c   May, Sally K ^d   Hong, Liu ^e   Aubert, Maxime ^d   Xueping, Ji ^c   Curnoe, Darren ^f   Herries, Andy I R ^f  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Cultural Relics Administration Office   (China)

^c Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 77953560720     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: 14740540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774310000053     Document Type: Review

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