Buang Merabak: Early evidence for human occupation in the Bismarck archipelago, Papua New Guinea

Australian Archaeology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2002, Pages 55-57

  Leavesley, M G ^a   Bird, M I ^a   Fifield, L K ^a   Hausladen, P A ^a   Santos, G M ^a   Di Tada, M L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 1642519648     PISSN: 03122417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2002.11682070     Document Type: Article

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