A preliminary report on health and disease in early lapita skeletons, vanuatu: Possible biological costs of island colonization

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-114

  Buckley, Hallie R ^a   Tayles, Nancy G ^a   Spriggs, Matthew J T ^b   Bedford, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonization; Health; Lapita; Pacific; Skeletons; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; COLONIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; ISLAND; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ASIA; BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MELANESIA; NEW GUINEA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VANUATU;

EID: 49549119169     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564890801928300     Document Type: Article

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