Returning to Makekur: Re-evaluating the Occupational Sequence of the Early-Middle Lapita Site of Makekur (FOH), Arawe Islands, Papua New Guinea.
The site of Makekur, located in the Arawe Islands of Papua New Guinea, has for some years been considered unique amongst the sites of the Lapita distribution. Representing one of the earliest Lapita sites in the region to have evidence of long-term continuing occupation from the Early through to at...
| Publicado en: | Asian Perspectives: Journal of Archeology for Asia & the Pacific Vol. 63; no. 2; pp. 224 - 253 |
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University of Hawai'i
2024
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