Language and material culture on the Sepik Coast of Papua New Guinea: Using social network analysis to simulate, graph, identify, and analyze social and cultural boundaries between communities

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-32

  Terrell, John Edward ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Language; Material culture; Melanesia

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COAST; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL HERITAGE; LANGUAGE; MATERIAL CULTURE; MUSEUM; SIMULATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; VILLAGE;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 77951551057     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564890903142891     Document Type: Article

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