Diesel and damper: Changes in seed use and mobility patterns following contact amongst the Martu of Western Australia

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages 51-62

  Zeanah, David W ^a   Codding, Brian F ^b   Bird, Douglas W ^c   Bliege Bird, Rebecca ^c   Veth, Peter M ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broad spectrum revolution; Foraging theory; Ground stone; Last glacial maximum; Marginal value theorem; Martu; Seed use; Sexual division of labor; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925428370     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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