Taiwan, Neolithic seafaring and Austronesian origins

Antiquity

Volumn 74, Issue 283, 2000, Pages 54-61

  Rolett, Barry V ^a   Hen, Ei Chunc ^b   Sinton, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND PHILOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adzes; Archaeometry; Austronesians; Neolithic; Seafaring; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006001765     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X0006614X     Document Type: Article

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