The Pacific's earliest painted pottery: An added layer of intrigue to the Lapita debate and beyond

Antiquity

Volumn 80, Issue 309, 2006, Pages 544-557

  Bedford, Stuart ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lapita; Painted pottery; Taphonomy; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; TAPHONOMY;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VANUATU;

EID: 33749431379     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00094023     Document Type: Article

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