'The falling sky': Symbolic and cosmological associations of the Mt William Greenstone Axe Quarry, Central Victoria, Australia

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-196

  Brumm, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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EID: 77953724150     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: 14740540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774310000223     Document Type: Review

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