Mid Holocene maritime economy in the western Torres Strait

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-27

  Wright, Duncan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Island formation; Marine subsistence; Mid Holocene; Torres Strait

Indexed keywords

EID: 81555219247     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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