New dates for point technology in the Kimberley

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 137-147

  Maloney, Tim ^a   O'Connor, Sue ^a   Balme, Jane ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

dating; Holocene Australia; Kimberley; point technology; pressure flaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908120937     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arco.5040     Document Type: Article

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