Does It Matter that Madagascar is an Island?

Human Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 481-489

  Dewar, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Cultural evolution; Island; Isolation; Madagascar

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ISLAND AREA; PREHISTORIC;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0031418639     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021827710998     Document Type: Article

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