Rethinking the fall of Easter Island

American Scientist

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 412-419

  Hunt, Terry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

EASTER ISLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33748427205     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2006.61.1002     Document Type: Article

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