Images of relatedness: Patterning and cultural contexts in yanyuwa rock art, sir edward pellew Islands, sw gulf of carpentaria, northern Australia

Rock Art Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 157-176

  Brady, Liam M ^a   Bradley, John J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Gulf of Carpentaria; Interpretation; Patterning; Yanyuwa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906253602     PISSN: 08130426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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