Late Holocene mollusc exploitation and changing near-shore environments: A case study from the coastal margin of Blue Mud Bay, northern Australia

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-150

  Faulkner, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arnhem Land; Holocene; Hunter gatherer economies; Landscape change; Mollusc exploitation; Shell deposits

Indexed keywords

EID: 80655144827     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174963111X13110803260976     Document Type: Review

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