Lapita sites in the Central Province of mainland Papua New Guinea

World Archaeology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 576-593

  David, Bruno ^a   McNiven, Ian J ^a   Richards, Thomas ^a   Connaughton, Sean P ^b   Leavesley, Matthew ^c   Barker, Bryce ^d   Rowe, Cassandra ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c University of Papua New Guinea   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pacific colonization; Papua New Guinea; South Papuan Lapita Province; Torres Strait

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CERAMICS; COLONIZATION; EXCAVATION; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH;

MELANESIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; TORRES STRAIT;

EID: 84855658683     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2011.624720     Document Type: Article

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