No meat on that beautiful shore: The prehistoric abandonment of subtropical Polynesian islands

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-23

  Anderson, Atholl ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Faunal depletion; Prehistoric abandonment; Subtropical Polynesian islands

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008536952     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.542     Document Type: Article

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