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Obsidian and volcanic glass artifact evidence for long-distance voyaging to the Polynesian Outlier i...

Obsidian and volcanic glass artifact evidence for long-distance voyaging to the Polynesian Outlier i...

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Obsidian and volcanic glass artifact evidence for long-distance voyaging to the Polynesian Outlier island of Tikopia

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Obsidian and volcanic glass artifact evidence for long-distance voyaging to the Polynesian Outlier island of Tikopia

Publisher

New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

Journal title

Quaternary research, 2020-11, Vol.98, p.49-57

Language

English

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New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

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Contents

Reconstructing routes of ancient long-distance voyaging, long a topic of speculation, has become possible thanks to advances in the geochemical sourcing of archaeological artifacts. Of particular interest are islands classified as Polynesian Outliers, where people speak Polynesian languages and have distinctly Polynesian cultural traits, but are lo...

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Obsidian and volcanic glass artifact evidence for long-distance voyaging to the Polynesian Outlier island of Tikopia

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2459969564

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2459969564

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ISSN

0033-5894

E-ISSN

1096-0287

DOI

10.1017/qua.2020.38

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