A quarried landscape in the Hawaiian Islands

World Archaeology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 298-317

  Weisler, Marshall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adze; Hawaiian Islands; Moloka'i; Quarries; Radiocarbon chronology; U series dates

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CHRONOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; QUARRY; RADIOCARBON DATING; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MOLOKAI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960734036     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2011.586197     Document Type: Article

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