Indigenous Use of Spinifex Resin for Hafting in North-Eastern Australia

Economic Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 210-224

  Powell, Owen ^a   Fensham, Roderick J ^a,b   Memmott, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

adhesives; gum; hafting; resin; Spinifex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911931472     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-013-9238-3     Document Type: Article

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