Exploiting diversity: Plant exploitation and occupation in the interior of New Guinea during the Pleistocene

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 41-48

  Denham, Tim ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 44449132057     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2007.tb00015.x     Document Type: Article

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