Murujuga, Northwestern Australia: When Arid Hunter-Gatherers Became Coastal Foragers

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 24-43

  McDonald, Jo ^a   Berry, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

domestic stone structures; early Holocene; inscribed landscape; islandization; rock art

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ARCHIPELAGO; ARID REGION; COASTAL ZONE; COLONIZATION; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; GRANOPHYRE; HOLOCENE; HUNTER-GATHERER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OCCUPATION; ROCK ART; SOCIAL HISTORY;

AUSTRALIA; DAMPIER ARCHIPELAGO; INDIAN OCEAN; PILBARA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 84955091505     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2015.1125971     Document Type: Article

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