Reconsidering regional rock art styles: Exploring cultural and relational understandings in northern Australia’s Gulf country

Journal of Social Archaeology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 361-382

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

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; ethnography; indigenous epistemology; regional style; relatedness; rock art

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907225904     PISSN: 14696053     EISSN: 17412951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469605314533260     Document Type: Article

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