Sea levels, shorelines and settlements on Pacific reef islands

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 91-98

  Nunn, Patrick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

colonisation; crossover date; Pacific islands; reef islands; sea level change; voyaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949993046     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arco.5082     Document Type: Article

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