Type X pottery, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea: Petrography and possible Micronesian relationships

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-47

  Specht, Jim ^a   Lilley, Ian ^b   Dickinson, William R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; PETROGRAPHY;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 33645283060     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2006.0015     Document Type: Article

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