Geographical influences on settlement-location choices by initial colonizers: A case study of the Fiji Islands

Geographical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 306-319

  Nunn, Patrick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Fiji; Islands; Lapita; Sea level change; Settlement; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CORAL REEF; FRINGING REEF; LOCATION DECISION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SUBSISTENCE;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VITI LEVU;

ANTHOZOA; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; DIOSCOREA ALATA;

EID: 68549094536     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2009.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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