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The changing abundance of backed artefacts in south-eastern Australia: a response to Holocene climate change?

Date

Authors

Attenbrow, Val

Robertson, Gail

Hiscock, Peter

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

The timing of the introduction, proliferation and decline of backed artefacts in Australia has been much debated. In south-eastern Australia, after initially appearing at least 8500 years ago, backed artefacts greatly increased in number between 4000 and

Keywords

Keywords: archaeological evidence; artifact; climate change; climate conditions; El Nino-Southern Oscillation; Holocene; paleoclimate; Australasia; Australia; New South Wales; Sydney Basin Backed artefacts; Climate change; El Niño; ENSO; Microliths; Residues; Use-wear

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/55314

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Archaeological Science

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.jas.2009.08.018

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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