Archaeology in Melanesia: A Case Study from the Western Province of the Solomon Islands

Archaeology of Oceania: Australia and the Pacific Islands

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 135-159

  Walter, Richard ^b   Sheppard, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anthropology; Archaeology; Archipelago; Colonization; Polynesia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889875964     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470773475.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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