50,000 years of archaeological site stratigraphy and micromorphology in Boodie Cave, Barrow Island, Western Australia

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Volumn 15, Issue , 2017, Pages 344-369

  Ward, I ^a   Veth, P ^a   Prossor, L ^b   Denham, T ^b   Ditchfield, K ^a   Manne, T ^c   Kendrick, P ^d   Byrne, C ^a   Hook, F ^a   Troitzsch, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Bentley Delivery Centre   (Australia)

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EID: 85028838393     PISSN: 2352409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.08.012     Document Type: Article

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