Late Pleistocene Complexities in the Bismarck Archipelago

Archaeology of Oceania: Australia and the Pacific Islands

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 189-204

  Leavesley, Matthew ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archipelago; Behavioral complexity; Cultural variation; Pleistocene; Social theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889854121     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470773475.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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