A model-based age estimate for Polynesian colonization of Hawai'i

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 130-138

  Dye, Thomas S ^a,b  

^a Archaeologists Inc ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 80052791988     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2011.tb00107.x     Document Type: Review

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