On the relative isolation of a micronesian archipelago during the Historic Period: The Palau case-study

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 353-364

  Callaghan, Richard ^a   Fitzpatrick, Scott M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caroline Islands; Computer simulations; Micronesia; Palau; Seafaring; Spanish contact

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548206353     PISSN: 10572414     EISSN: 10959270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-9270.2007.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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