Rock art conservation and termite management in Torres Strait, NE Australia

Rock Art Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Brady, Liam M ^a   Thorn, Andrew ^b   McNiven, Ian J ^c   Evans, Theodore A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Artcare Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Methodology; Rock painting; Termite; Torres Strait

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908118279     PISSN: 08130426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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