A >46,000-year-old kangaroo bone implement from Carpenter's Gap 1 (Kimberley, northwest Australia)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 154, Issue , 2016, Pages 199-213

  Langley, Michelle C ^a   O'Connor, Sue ^a   Aplin, Ken ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intangible culture; Northern Australia; Ornamentation; Osseous technology; Sahul; Symbolism

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; NATURAL SCIENCES;

AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY REGIONS; NOCV1; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; ORNAMENTATION; SAHUL; SYMBOLISM; TIME DEPTH; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BONE;

ARTIFACT; BONE; CULTURE; ETHNOGRAPHY; MARSUPIAL; MORPHOLOGY; ORNAMENTATION; SYMBOLISM;

AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY [NORTHERN CAPE]; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84995780821     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.11.006     Document Type: Article

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