Late Pleistocene and early Holocene exploitation of estuarine communities in northwestern Australia

Quaternary International

Volumn 385, Issue , 2015, Pages 112-123

  Manne, Tiina ^a   Veth, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coastal archaeology; Holocene; Maritime economy; Pleistocene; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EXPLOITATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HUNTER-GATHERER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AUSTRALIA; BARROW ISLAND; MONTEBELLO ISLANDS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CROCODYLUS POROSUS; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 84944166004     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.12.049     Document Type: Article

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