Long-distance exchange and island colonization: The lapita case

Norwegian Archaeological Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 103-117

  Kirch, Patrick V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0000945666     PISSN: 00293652     EISSN: 15027678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00293652.1988.9965475     Document Type: Article

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