Dating the appearance of lapita pottery in the bismarck archipelago and its dispersal to remote Oceania

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-46

  Denham, Tim ^a   Ramsey, Christopher Bronk ^b   Specht, Jim ^c,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian calibration; Bismarck Archipelago; Dispersal; Lapita pottery; Remote Oceania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858853216     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2012.tb00113.x     Document Type: Article

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