Mask Cave: Red-slipped pottery and the Australian-Papuan settlement of Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait)

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 49-81

  McNiven, Ian J ^a   Dickinson, William R ^b   David, Bruno ^a   Weisler, Marshall ^c   Von Gnielinski, Friedrich ^d   Carter, Melissa ^e   Zoppi, Ugo ^f  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Geological Survey of Queensland   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^f AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Island colonization; Maritime specialization; Papua New Guinea; Pottery; Torres Strait

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348971873     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2006.tb00610.x     Document Type: Article

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