The Hakaea Beach site, Marquesan colonisation, and models of East Polynesian settlement

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 54-65

  Allen, Melinda S ^a   McAlister, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal geodynamics; Colonisation process; Polynesia; Sea level fall; Settlement models

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952174730     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2010.tb00080.x     Document Type: Article

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