The role of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) statuary as territorial boundary markers

Antiquity

Volumn 79, Issue 303, 2005, Pages 169-178

  Shepardson, Britton L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Easter Island; Spatial analysis; Statues; Territories; Tracks

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY;

EID: 17044390744     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X0011378X     Document Type: Article

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