Morphological and chemical analysis of archaeological fish otoliths from the Lower Murray River, South Australia

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 141-150

  Disspain, Morgan C F ^a   Wilson, Christopher J ^a   Gillanders, Bronwyn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Middens; Murray river; Otoliths; Palaeoenvironmental conditions; Trace element analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909579520     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2012.tb00126.x     Document Type: Article

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