MUD-Wasp nests and rock art

Rock Art Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 225-231

  Bednarik, Robert G ^a  

^a International Federation of Rock Art Organisations   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact rock art; Mud Wasp nest; Sphecidae; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906221988     PISSN: 08130426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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