Prehistoric human impacts on Rapa, French Polynesia

Antiquity

Volumn 80, Issue 308, 2006, Pages 340-354

  Kenneth, Douglas ^a   Anderson, Atholl ^b   Prebble, Matthew ^b   Conte, Eric ^c   Southon, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic environmental change; Colonisation; Demography; Fortification; French Polynesia; Rapa; Warfare

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COLONIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PREHISTORIC;

AUSTRAL ISLANDS; FRENCH POLYNESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; RAPA;

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA;

EID: 33749428293     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0003598x00093662     Document Type: Article

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