Shards of meaning: Archaeology and the Melanesia-Polynesia divide

Journal of Pacific History

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-215

  Clark, Geoffrey ^a  

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EID: 11044234092     PISSN: 00223344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022334032000120530     Document Type: Article

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