230Thorium dating of toolstone procurement strategies, production scale and ritual practices at the Mauna Kea Adze Quarry complex, Hawai'i

Journal of the Polynesian Society

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 407-420

  McCoy, Patrick C ^a   Nees, Rich ^a   Weisler, Marshall I ^b   Zhao, Jian Xin ^b  

^a Pacific Consulting Services Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mauna Kea Adze Quarry Complex; Procurement strategies; Production scale; Ritual practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873548621     PISSN: 00324000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15286/jps.121.4.407-420     Document Type: Article

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