Archaeology of trants, montserrat. Part 3. Chronological and settlement data

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 323-361

  Petersen, James B ^a,b  

^a Division of Anthropology

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD; PREHISTORIC; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

MONTSERRAT, TRANTS;

EID: 0030438589     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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