- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 1151 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Summary
- "Abstract: 65,000 years ago, modern humans arrived in Australia, having navigated more than 100 km of sea crossing from southeast Asia. Since then, the large continental islands of Australia and New Guinea, together with smaller islands in between, have been connected by land bridges and severed again as sea levels fell and rose. Along with these fluctuations came changes in the terrestrial and marine environments of both land masses. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia and New Guinea reviews and assembles the latest findings and ideas on the archaeology of the Australia-New Guinea region, the world's largest island-continent. In 42 new chapters written by 77 contributors, it presents and explores the archaeological evidence to weave stories of colonisation; megafaunal extinctions; In"--
- Series Statement
- Oxford handbooks series
- Uniform Title
- Oxford handbook of the archaeology of indigenous Australia and New Guinea (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- LCCN
- 2023033884
- OCLC
- ssj0002877082
- Title
The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of indigenous Australia and New Guinea [electronic resource] / edited by Ian J. McNiven and Bruno David.
- Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Series
Oxford handbooks series
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
McNiven, Ian J.
David, Bruno, 1962-