A Multidisciplinary Approach for Dating Human Colonization of Pacific Atolls

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-125

  Weisler, Marshall I ^a   Yamano, Hiroya ^b   Hua, Quan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

AMS dating; atolls; foraminifera; human colonization; Marshall Islands; Micronesia

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ATOLL; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOINDICATOR; CHARCOAL; COLONIZATION; EXCAVATION; FORAMINIFERA; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOCIAL HISTORY;

MICRONESIA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84859616616     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2011.616923     Document Type: Article

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