Late Lapita occupation and its ceramic assemblage at the Sigatoka Sand Dune site, Fiji, and their place in oceanic prehistory

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-25

  Burley, David V ^a   Dickinson, William R ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Fiji; Lapita ceramics; Sigatoka site

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644441846     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2004.tb00553.x     Document Type: Article

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