Geochemical sourcing of obsidians from the Pu¯ra¯kaunui site, South Island, New Zealand

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 158-163

  Lawrence, Megan ^a   McCoy, Mark D ^a   Barber, Ian ^a   Walter, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ma ori; obsidian; pXRF; resource distribution; source characterisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908212703     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arco.5032     Document Type: Article

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