Re-dating mid-holocene betelnut (Areca catechu L.) and other plant use at Dongan, papua New Guinea

Radiocarbon

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 377-382

  Fairbairn, Andrew ^a   Swadling, Pamela ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; HOLOCENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ARECA CATECHU;

EID: 28244493401     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: 00338222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200035153     Document Type: Article

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