Persistent traditions in the face of natural disasters: Stemmed and waisted stone tools in late Holocene New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Australian Archaeology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2010, Pages 17-28

  Kononenko, Nina ^a   Specht, Jim ^a,b   Torrence, Robin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

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EID: 77954285111     PISSN: 03122417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2010.11681908     Document Type: Article

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