Changing role of nearshore-marine foods in the subsistence economy of inland upland communities during the last millennium in the tropical Pacific Islands: Insights from the Ba River Valley, Northern Viti Levu Island, Fiji

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Robb, Kasey F ^a   Nunn, Patrick D ^b  

^a Biosis Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ba Valley; Fiji; Last millennium; Settlement; Shellfish; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894447195     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1749631413Y.0000000012     Document Type: Article

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