The volcanic environment for 40,000 years of human occupation on the Willaumez Isthmus, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 330-343

  Neall, V E ^a   Wallace, R C ^a   Torrence, R ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

archaeology; Lapita; lithology; Papua New Guinea; tephras; volcanic disasters

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; RAW MATERIALS; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFATE MINERALS; TECHNOLOGY;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BRITAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; GRAIN SIZES; HUMAN OCCUPATION; HUMAN POPULATIONS; HUMAN RESPONSES; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT; LAPITA; LOCAL POPULATION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLEISTOCENE; SOCIAL EXCHANGE; TEPHRAS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC DISASTERS; VOLCANIC ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

VOLCANOES;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; GRAIN SIZE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LITHOLOGY; NATURAL DISASTER; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE; PLINIAN ERUPTION; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WEST NEW BRITAIN;

PLINIA;

EID: 52149098550     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.01.037     Document Type: Article

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