Cultural landscapes on Garua Island, Papua New Guinea

Antiquity

Volumn 76, Issue 293, 2002, Pages 766-776

  Torrence, Robin ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Landscape archaeology; Lapita pottery; Obsidian; Pacific archaeology; Papua New Guinea

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CERAMICS; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; LAND USE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

GARUA ISLAND; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0036734832     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00091213     Document Type: Article

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