The Postponed Agenda: Archaeology and Human Biogeography in the Twenty-First Century

Human Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 419-436

  Terrell, John Edward ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Human diversity; Islands; Oceania; Phylogenetic model

Indexed keywords

OCEANIA;

EID: 0038121728     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021871526019     Document Type: Article

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