The 'sleeping giant' hypothesis and New Guinea's place in the prehistory of greater near Oceania

World Archaeology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 601-609

  Terrell, John Edward ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Austronesian; Environmental change; Human migrations; Linguistics; Pacific Islands; Sea levels

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HISTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LANGUAGE; MIGRATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NEW GUINEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 11044223035     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0043824042000303782     Document Type: Article

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