The maritime transport of prehistoric megaliths in Micronesia

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-24

  Hazell, Leslie C ^a   Fitzpatrick, Scott M ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Megaliths; Micronesia; Palau; Stone money; Transport; Yap

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548293975     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2006.tb00601.x     Document Type: Article

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