Settling in Sahul: Investigating environmental and human history interactions through micromorphological analyses in tropical semi-arid north-west Australia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 77, Issue , 2017, Pages 172-193

  Vannieuwenhuyse, Dorcas ^a   O'Connor, Sue ^b   Balme, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Geoarchaeology; Human climate interaction; Micromorphology; Palaeoenvironment; Southern Kimberley

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84961219140     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2016.01.017     Document Type: Article

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