Mid-Holocene cultural dynamics and climatic change in the western pacific

Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 265-296

  Anderson, Atholl ^a   Gagan, Michael ^a   Shulmeister, James ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088390-5.50013-3     Document Type: Chapter

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