The Onemea site (Taravai Island, Mangareva) and the human colonization of Southeastern Polynesia

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 66-79

  Kirch, Patrick V ^a   Conte, Eric ^b   Sharp, Warren ^c   Nickelsen, Cordelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Extinctions; Fishhooks; Mangareva

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651482731     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2010.tb00081.x     Document Type: Article

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