Mid-sequence archaeology at the Sigatoka Sand Dunes with interpretive implications for Fijian and oceanic culture history

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 320-348

  Burley, David V ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Excavation; Fiji; Migration; Sigatoka

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CERAMICS; DUNE;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VITI LEVU;

EID: 31644442250     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2005.0019     Document Type: Article

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