Iconic imagery: Pleistocene rock art development across northern Australia

Quaternary International

Volumn 285, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-110

  Mulvaney, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; REGIONALIZATION; ROCK ART;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84872130346     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.07.020     Document Type: Article

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