A minimum age for early depictions of Southeast Asian Praus in the Rock Art of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory

Australian Archaeology

Volumn 71, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-10

  Taçon, Paul S C ^a   May, Sally K ^b   Fallon, Stewart J ^b   Travers, Meg ^b   Wesley, Daryl ^b   Lamilami, Ronald ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Kakadu National Park   (Australia)

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EID: 78650851264     PISSN: 03122417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2010.11689379     Document Type: Review

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