A paleoenvironmental and archaeological modelbased age estimate for the colonization of Hawai'i

American Antiquity

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 144-155

  Athens, J Stephen ^a   Rieth, Timothy M ^a   Dye, Thomas S ^b  

^a International Archaeological Research Institute Incorporated   (United States)

^b Archaeologists Inc   (United States)

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EID: 84908158814     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/0002-7316.79.1.144     Document Type: Article

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