Diet, Geography and Drinking Water in Polynesia: Microfossil Research from Archaeological Human Dental Calculus, Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 634-648

  Dudgeon, John V ^a   Tromp, Monica ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental calculus; Diatoms; Easter island; Microfossils; Phytoliths; Polynesia; Rapa nui

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914159127     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.2249     Document Type: Article

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