The Australian National University-National Museum of Vanuatu archaeology project: A preliminary report on the establishment of cultural sequences and rock art research

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 164-193

  Bedford, Stuart ^a   Spriggs, Matthew ^a   Wilson, Meredith ^a   Regenvanu, Ralph ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Vanuatu National Museum   (Vanuatu)

Author keywords

Ceramic sequences; Lapita; Mangaasi; Radiocarbon dates; Rock art; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000926996     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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