Intensification and Social Complexity in the Interior Lowlands of Papua New Guinea: A Comparison of Bedamuni and Kubo

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 375-400

  Minnegal, Monica ^a   Dwyer, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0002247873     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaar.1998.0327     Document Type: Article

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