A new ecological framework for understanding Human-Environment interactions in Arid Australia

Archaeology in Environment and Technology: Intersections and Transformations

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 51-68

  Holdaway, Simon J ^a   Douglass, Matthew J ^a   Fanning, Patricia C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84920575075     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203508947     Document Type: Chapter

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