Prehistoric maritime migration in the Pacific islands: An hypothesis of ENSO forcing

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Anderson, Atholl ^a   Chappell, John ^a   Gagan, Michael ^a   Grove, Richard ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonization pattern; ENSO (El Ni o Southern Oscillation); Late Holocene; Pacific; Prehistoric seafaring; Remote Oceania; Wind reversals

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MIGRATION ROUTE; WIND FIELD;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

EID: 33144469247     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683606hl901ft     Document Type: Review

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