Dingoes and Aboriginal social organization in Holocene Australia

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages 775-781

  Balme, Jane ^a   O'Connor, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaeological dogs; Dingoes; Hunter gatherer dogs; Hunter gatherer gender organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940948430     PISSN: 2352409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.08.015     Document Type: Article

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