The Teouma Lapita site and the early human settlement of the Pacific Islands

Antiquity

Volumn 80, Issue 310, 2006, Pages 812-828

  Bedford, Stuart ^a   Spriggs, Matthew ^a   Regenvanu, Ralph ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Vanuatu National Museum   (Vanuatu)

Author keywords

Cemetery; Lapita; Pacific; Population origins and movement; Teouma; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

CEMETERY; COLONIZATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; SKELETON;

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLYNESIA; VANUATU;

EID: 33845747364     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00094448     Document Type: Article

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