Rock Art and Social Identity: A Comparison of Holocene Graphic Systems in Arid and Fertile Environments

Archaeology of Oceania: Australia and the Pacific Islands

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 96-115

  McDonald, Jo ^a   Veth, Peter ^b  

^a Dampier Archipelago ^*  (Australia)

^b Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Holocene; Pleistocene; Rock art; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889855463     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470773475.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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