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Broad spectrum diets in arid Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Douglas A. Edwards and
James F. O'Connell
Douglas A. Edwards
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT 84112, USA
James F. O'Connell
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT 84112, USA
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Abstract

A characteristic feature of human subsistence as the last glaciation ended was the turn towards new food sources, in a ‘broad spectrum’ transformation. Australia took an unusual course, and the trajectory in its arid zone is especially striking. What were the broad spectrum diets in arid Austalia? Why did they arise so late? Did they arise late?

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Antiquity , Volume 69 , Issue 265 , 1995, pp. 769 - 783
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