Ancient transpacific voyaging to the New World via Pleistocene South Pacific islands

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 511-529

  Wyatt, Steve ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 4644230025     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20008     Document Type: Article

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