Lapita migrants in the pacific's oldest cemetery: Isotopic analysis at teouma, vanuatu

American Antiquity

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 645-656

  Bentley, R Alexander ^a   Buckley, Hallie R ^b   Spriggs, Matthew ^c   Bedford, Stuart ^c   Ottley, Chris J ^a   Nowell, Geoff M ^a   Macpherson, Colin G ^a   Pearson, D Graham ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 36749102017     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25470438     Document Type: Article

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