Punctuated landscapes: Creating cultural places in volcanically active environments

Handbook of Landscape Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 333-344

  Torrence, Robin ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315427737-47     Document Type: Chapter

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