Assessing the impact of mid-to-late Holocene ENSO-driven climate change on toxic Macrozamia seed use: A 5000 year record from eastern Australia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 471-480

  Asmussen, Brit ^a,b   McInnes, Paul ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australia; Backed artefact; ENSO; Holocene; Macrozamia; Palaeoclimate; Seeds; Toxic plant

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANT; SEED;

AUSTRALIA;

CYCADOPSIDA; MACROZAMIA;

EID: 84867906974     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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