Origins of Plant Exploitation in Near Oceania: A Review

Population Genetics, Linguistics, and Culture History in the Southwest Pacific

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Allaby, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Domestication; Lapita; Near Oceania; Plant exploitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920751317     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195300307.003.0012     Document Type: Chapter

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