Atolls as settlement landscapes: Ujae, Marshall Islands

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 459-465, 1999, Pages 1-51

  Weisler, Marshall I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION SIZE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

MARSHALL ISLANDS; UJAE;

EID: 85086608850     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5479/si.00775630.460.1     Document Type: Article

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