Post-colonization interaction between vanuatu and fiji reconsidered: The re-analysis of obsidian from Lakeba Island, Fiji

Archaeometry

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Reepmeyer, C ^a   Clark, G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fiji; Geochemistry; Obsidian; Post lapita; sourcing

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; OBSIDIAN; RADIONUCLIDE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

FIJI; VANUATU;

EID: 77953901711     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2009.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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