Science and sensitivity: A geochemical characterization of the Mauna Kea Adze Quarry Complex, Hawaii Island, Hawaii

American Antiquity

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 743-758

  Mills, Peter R ^a   Lundblad, Steven P ^a   Smith, Jacob G ^a   McCoy, Patrick C ^b   Naleimaile, Sean P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b Pacific Consulting Services Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 57049145385     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0002731600047387     Document Type: Article

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