On the rat trail in near Oceania: Applying the commensal model to the question of the lapita colonization

Pacific Science

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 465-475

  Matisoo Smitb, E ^a,d   Hingston, M ^a,b   Sumvierhayes, G ^c   Robins, J ^a   Ross, H A ^b   Hendy, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COLONIAL BREEDING; COLONIZATION; COMMENSAL; CULTURAL HISTORY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RODENT;

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS EXULANS;

EID: 70350627110     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/049.063.0402     Document Type: Article

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