Of boats and string: The maritime colonisation of Australia

Quaternary International

Volumn 285, Issue , 2013, Pages 68-75

  Balme, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; HOMINID; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

AUSTRALIA; WALLACEA;

GABAZA;

EID: 84872144172     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.02.029     Document Type: Article

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