Into the past: A step towards a robust Kimberley rock art chronology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Ross, June ^a   Westaway, Kira ^b   Travers, Meg ^a   Morwood, Michael J ^c   Hayward, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTROPLEBEIA; CHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGY; INSECT; LUMINESCENCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOMETRIC DATING; ROCK; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRIGONA; ART; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN;

ARCHAEOLOGY; ART; AUSTRALIA; CULTURE; FOSSILS; HUMANS;

EID: 84991250710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161726     Document Type: Article

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