Early human occupation of a maritime desert, Barrow Island, North-West Australia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 168, Issue , 2017, Pages 19-29

  Veth, Peter ^a   Ward, Ingrid ^a   Manne, Tiina ^b   Ulm, Sean ^c   Ditchfield, Kane ^a   Dortch, Joe ^a   Hook, Fiona ^a   Petchey, Fiona ^d   Hogg, Alan ^d   Questiaux, Daniele ^e   Demuro, Martina ^e   Arnold, Lee ^e   Spooner, Nigel ^e   Levchenko, Vladimir ^f   Skippington, Jane ^a   Byrne, Chae ^a   Basgall, Mark ^g   Zeanah, David ^h   Belton, David ⁱ   Helmholz, Petra ⁱ   Bajkan, Szilvia ^j   Bailey, Richard ^j   Placzek, Christa ^c   Kendrick, Peter ^k   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^g CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Sacramento State ^*  (United States)

ⁱ CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k Bentley Delivery Centre   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Coastal deserts; Colonisation; Island Archaeology; Marine resources; Maritime deserts; North West Shelf of Australia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ARID REGIONS; CAVES; CHARCOAL; DEPOSITS; HISTORY; LIME; MARINE BIOLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

COASTAL DESERTS; COLONISATION; ISLAND ARCHAEOLOGY; MARINE RESOURCES; MARITIME DESERTS; NORTH WEST SHELF OF AUSTRALIA;

EMPLOYMENT;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVE; COASTAL PLAIN; COLONIZATION; DESERT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; ISLAND; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LIMESTONE; MARINE RESOURCE; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHELF DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; BARROW ISLAND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 85019441782     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.05.002     Document Type: Article

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