Estimating trajectories of colonisation to the Mariana islands, western Pacific

Antiquity

Volumn 87, Issue 337, 2013, Pages 840-853

  Fitzpatrick, Scott M ^a   Callaghan, Richard T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Mariana islands; Pacific; Seafaring; Simulation models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883273550     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00049504     Document Type: Article

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