Characteristics of a pigment art sequence: Woronora Plateau, New South Wales

Rock Art Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-97

  Huntley, Jillian ^a   Watchman, Alan ^b   Dibden, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pigment characterisation; PIXIE PIGE; SEM EDXA; Sydney Basin; XRD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875636848     PISSN: 08130426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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