The use of flaked stone artifacts in Palau, Western Micronesia

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 405-428

  Haslam, Michael ^a   Liston, Jolie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Garcia and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Micronesia; Microscopy; Palau; Residue analysis; Stone

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; BONE; ETHNOBOTANY; FUNGUS; HISTORICAL RECORD; LITHIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SKIN; TOOL USE; WOOD;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALAU;

FUNGI;

EID: 67651233941     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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