Offshore islands and maritime explorations in Australian prehistory

• Autores: Sandra Bowdler
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 69, Nº 266, 1995, págs. 945-958
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The settlement of mainland Australia at an early (and uncertainly known) date required a water-crossing. What about the settlement of the islands — neither numerous nor large compared with the island continent itself — that are offshore from Australia? The evidence reviewed shows a late settlement for nearly all of them, and a perplexing lack of pattern.