Worked shell from Leta Leta Cave, Palawan, Philippines

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 150-159

  Szabó, Katherine ^a   Ramirez, Hazel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Conus; Metal Age; Mortuary rituals; Neolithic; Palawan; Shell artefacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958071048     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2009.tb00059.x     Document Type: Review

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