A glacial cryptic refuge in south-east Australia: Human occupation and mobility from 36 000 years ago in the Sydney Basin, New South Wales

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 735-748

  Williams, Alan N ^a,b   Atkinson, Fenella ^a   Lau, Michelle ^a   Toms, Phillip S ^c  

^a Archaeological and Heritage Management Solutions Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptic refuge; Demography; Early Aboriginal occupation; Last Glacial Maximum; South east Australia

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MOBILITY; OCCUPATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; REFUGE; RIVER SYSTEM;

AUSTRALIA; HAWKESBURY ESTUARY; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY BASIN;

EID: 84933533193     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2742     Document Type: Article

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