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Palaeoenvironmental evidence of island colonization: a response

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Atholl Anderson*
Affiliation:
Division of Archaeology & Natural History, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia

Extract

More on whether evidence of prehistoric environment on the Pacific island of Mangaia does or does not demonstrate an early human presence there.

Type
Miscellaneous
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1994

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