Obsidian traffic in the southeast papuan islands

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-108

  White, J Peter ^a   Jacobsen, Heidi ^b   Kewibu, Vincent ^c   Doelman, Trudy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GOTLAND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Fergusson Island; Obsidian; PIXE PIGME; Relative density; Southeast Papua

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749115735     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564890600583579     Document Type: Article

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