Phytolith analysis for a wet tropics environment: Methodological issues and implications for the archaeology of garua island, west new britain, papua new guinea

Palynology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 213-228

  Boyd, W E ^a   Lentfer, C J ^a   Torrence, R ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

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EID: 85008758996     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01916122.1998.9989510     Document Type: Article

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