Raw material movement and past Tasmanian Aboriginal interaction: implications for understanding isolated human population dynamics

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 70-82

  Cosgrove, Richard ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; archaeology; lithics; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964373139     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ARCO.5049     Document Type: Article

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