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TITLE: |
Interisland and interarchipelago transfer of stone tools in prehistoric Polynesia / Marshall I. Weisler and Patrick V. Kirch |
AUTHOR: |
Wesiler, Marshall I. |
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United States: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1996. |
DESCRIPTION: |
1381-1384 p.; 28 cm. |
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From: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1996 Feb 20; 93(4): 1381-5 |
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Tracing interisland and interarchipelago movements of people and artifacts in prehistoric Polynesia has posed a challenge to archaeologists due to the lack of pottery and obsidian, |
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two materials most readily used in studies of prehistoric trade or exchange. Here we report the application of nondestructive energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) analysis to the sourcing of Polynesian artifacts made from basalt,... |
ADDED ENTRY: |
Kirch, Patrick V. |
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