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Palaeoenvironmental evidence of island colonization: a response

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Atholl Anderson
Atholl Anderson*
Affiliation:
Division of Archaeology & Natural History, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
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More on whether evidence of prehistoric environment on the Pacific island of Mangaia does or does not demonstrate an early human presence there.

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Antiquity , Volume 68 , Issue 261 , December 1994 , pp. 845 - 847
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1994

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