Paleo-Terrain Research: Finding the First Settlement Sites of Remote Oceania

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 268-275

  Carson, Mike T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; TERRAIN;

MARIANA ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84899078461     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21457     Document Type: Article

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