Times and sand: Sedimentary history and archaeology at the Sigatoka Dunes, Fiji

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-154

  Anderson, Atholl ^a   Roberts, Richard ^b   Dickinson, William ^c   Clark, Geoffrey ^d   Burley, David ^e   de Biran, Antoine ^f   Hope, Geoffrey ^a   Nunn, Patrick ^g  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Gnomic Exploration Services Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DUNE; HISTORICAL RECORD; OCCUPATION; PREHISTORIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

FIJI;

EID: 33644604767     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20094     Document Type: Article

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