Early agriculture and what went before in Island Melanesia: continuity or intrusion?

The origins and spread of agriculture and pastoralism in Eurasia

Volumn , Issue , 2024, Pages 524-537

  Spriggs, Matthew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781003579861-31     Document Type: Chapter

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