The Mangarevan sequence and dating of the geographic expansion into Southeast Polynesia

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 213-241

  Green, Robert C ^a   Weisler, Marshall I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Culture historical sequence; Geographical expansion; Mangareva group; Radiocarbon dating; Southeast Polynesia

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COLONIZATION; LANGUAGE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; GAMBIER ISLANDS; MANGAREVA;

EID: 0038702197     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2003.0006     Document Type: Article

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