Holocene sea-level change on Aitutaki, Cook Islands: Landscape change and human response

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-22

  Allen, Melinda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coastal adaptations; Geoarchaeology; Pacific prehistory

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE SEA LEVEL; HUMAN OCCUPATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

COOK ISLANDS, AITUTAKI; PACIFIC, COOK ISLANDS, AITUTAKI;

EID: 0031913584     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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