Chapter 6. Cycles of Aridity and Human Mobility: Risk Minimization Among Late Pleistocene Foragers of the Western Desert, Australia
- Peter Veth1,
- Mike Smith2,
- Peter Hiscock3
Published Online: 11 FEB 2008
DOI: 10.1002/9780470774632.ch6
Copyright © 2005 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Book Title
Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives
Additional Information
How to Cite
Veth, P. (2008) Cycles of Aridity and Human Mobility: Risk Minimization Among Late Pleistocene Foragers of the Western Desert, Australia, in Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives (eds P. Veth, M. Smith and P. Hiscock), Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470774632.ch6
Editor Information
- 1
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- 2
National Museum of Australia
- 3
The Australian National University
Publication History
- Published Online: 11 FEB 2008
- Published Print: 1 JAN 2005
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405100908
Online ISBN: 9780470774632
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Keywords:
- aridity;
- western desert;
- arid land foragers;
- australian deserts;
- springs
Summary
This chapter contains section titled:
Introduction
Risk Minimization and the Role of Mobility in the Australian Deserts
Pleistocene Sites of the Western Desert
An Independent Index of Stress
Archaeological Indices of High Residential Mobility
Implications of Mobility Indicators
References