A 3000-year culture sequence from Palau, Western Micronesia

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 349-380

  Clark, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Colonization; Culture sequence; Palau; Western Micronesia

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COLONIZATION; CULTURAL HISTORY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALAU;

EID: 31544433129     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2005.0020     Document Type: Article

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