Ancient bird stencils discovered in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

Antiquity

Volumn 84, Issue 324, 2010, Pages 416-427

  Taçon, Paul S C ^a   Langley, Michelle ^b   May, Sally K ^c   Lamilami, Ronald ^d   Brennan, Wayne ^e   Guse, Daryl ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Kakadu National Park   (Australia)

^e Burramoko Archaeological Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arnhem land; Bird images; Djulirri; Rock art; Stencils

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953576177     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00066679     Document Type: Article

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