Sources of sand tempers in prehistoric Tongan pottery

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-164

  Dye, Thomas S ^a   Dickinson, William R ^b  

^a Dept of Land and Natural Resources   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; DETRITUS; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; MANTLE; PLAGIOCLASE; PREHISTORIC; PYROXENE; REWORKING; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CHINA; FIJI; FUJIAN; TONGAN; XIAMEN;

EID: 0000879099     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(199604)11:2<141::AID-GEA3>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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