Entangled biographies: Western pacific ceramics and the tombs of pohnpei

World Archaeology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 214-224

  Rainbird, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caroline islands; Material culture; Micronesia; Pacific; Pottery; Tombs

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CERAMICS; MANUFACTURING; MATERIAL CULTURE;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032698358     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.1999.9980442     Document Type: Article

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