Archipelagic resource procurement and mobility in the northern lesser antilles: The view from a 3000-year-old tropical forest campsite on saba

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-164

  Hofman, Corinne L ^a   Bright, Alistair J ^a   Hoogland, Menno L P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Archaic Age; Caribbean; Lesser Antilles; Mobility; Resource procurement; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149177433     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564890600850366     Document Type: Article

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