Prehistoric stone monuments in the northern region of the Kula ring

Antiquity

Volumn 80, Issue 307, 2006, Pages 38-51

  Bickler, Simon H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Kula ring; Megalithic monuments; Papua New Guinea

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL HISTORY; MONUMENT; PREHISTORIC;

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

EID: 33749449022     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00093248     Document Type: Article

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