ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE IN GREATER AUSTRALIA

Authors
KERSHAW AP
Citation
Ap. Kershaw, ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE IN GREATER AUSTRALIA, Antiquity, 69(265), 1995, pp. 656-675
Citations number
91
Categorie Soggetti
Archaeology,Archaeology
Journal title
Antiquity → ACNP
ISSN journal
0003598X
Volume
69
Issue
265
Year of publication
1995
Pages
656 - 675
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-598X(1995)69:265<656:EIGA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Australia, a dry island continent in mid latitude, spans from tropical to cold temperate regions; long isolation has given it its own flora and fauna. Environmental changes in the late Quaternary have had their own and special courses in the continent and its several regions. The role of fires set by people is an important issue in the changing 'na tural' landscape.