Human refugia in Australia during the Last Glacial Maximum and Terminal Pleistocene: a geospatial analysis of the 25-12 ka Australian archaeological record

A number of models, developed primarily in the 1980s, propose that Aboriginal Australian populations contracted to refugia - well-watered ranges and major riverine systems - in response to climatic instability, most notably around the Last Glacial Maximum

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Archaeological Science
Main Authors: Williams, Alan, Ulm, Sean, Cook, Andrew R, Langley, Michelle C., Collard, Mark
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Elsevier
Subjects:
Keywords: archaeological evidence
archaeology
human activity
indigenous population
Last Glacial Maximum
prehistoric
radiocarbon dating
refuge
Australia Antarctic Cold Reversal
Geospatial analysis
Minimum bounding rectangles
Prehistoric movement
Radiocarbon data
Refugia
Terminal Pleistocene
Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1885/64524
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.06.015
https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/64524/5/01_Williams_Human_refugia_in_Australia_2013.pdf.jpg
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Summary:A number of models, developed primarily in the 1980s, propose that Aboriginal Australian populations contracted to refugia - well-watered ranges and major riverine systems - in response to climatic instability, most notably around the Last Glacial Maximum

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