Excavations in Peva Valley, Rurutu, Austral Islands (East Polynesia)

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 156-187

  Bollt, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Austral Islands; Colonization; Cook Islands; East Polynesia; Rurutu

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; CULTURAL HISTORY; DUNE; EXCAVATION; FAUNA;

AUSTRAL ISLANDS; COOK ISLANDS; FRENCH POLYNESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; RURUTU;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 41549138449     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2008.0006     Document Type: Article

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