Last millennium climate change in the occupation and abandonment of palau's rock islands

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-38

  Clark, Geoffrey ^a   Reepmeyer, Christian ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AD 1300 event; Climate change; Pacific Basin; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858806084     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2012.tb00112.x     Document Type: Article

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