Archaic Faces to Headdresses: The Changing Role of Rock Art Across the Arid Zone

Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 116-141

  McDonald, Jo ^a  

^a Jo McDonald Cultural Heritage Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Headdresses; Ocher distribution patterns; Rock art; Sand paintings; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889494870     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470774632.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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