Starch residues on undecorated Lapita pottery from Anir, New Ireland

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 62-66

  Crowther, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colocasia esculenta; Lapita; New Ireland; Starch

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645380559     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2005.tb00586.x     Document Type: Article

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