Variable development of dryland agriculture in Hawai'i: A fine-grained chronology from the Kohala field system, Hawai'i Island

Current Anthropology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 771-802

  Ladefoged, Thegn N ^a   Graves, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 54249100906     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591424     Document Type: Article

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