Arnhem Land prehistory in landscape, stone and paint

Antiquity

Volumn 69, Issue 265, 1995, Pages 676-695

  Taçon, Paul S C ^a   Brockwell, Sally ^b  

^a Australian Musuem ^*  (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84925818739     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 17451744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00082272     Document Type: Article

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