Four thousand years of western Torres Strait fishing in the Pacific-wide context

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages 764-774

  Weisler, Marshall I ^a   McNiven, Ian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Faunal analysis; Marine subsistence; Pacific islands; Prehistoric fishing; Torres Strait

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929832676     PISSN: 2352409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.05.016     Document Type: Article

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