A revised model of Solomon Islands culture history

Journal of the Polynesian Society

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-76

  Sheppard, Peter J ^a   Walter, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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