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Long-distance connections in Vanuatu: New obsidian characterisations for the Makué site, Aore Island

Long-distance connections in Vanuatu: New obsidian characterisations for the Makué site, Aore Island

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Long-distance connections in Vanuatu: New obsidian characterisations for the Makué site, Aore Island

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Full title

Long-distance connections in Vanuatu: New obsidian characterisations for the Makué site, Aore Island

Publisher

Sydney: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Journal title

Archaeology and physical anthropology in Oceania, 2014-07, Vol.49 (2), p.110-116

Language

English

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Publisher

Sydney: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Contents

A geochemical study using pXRF and LA–ICP–MS to characterise artefacts
from sites dating to the initial phase of colonisation on Aore and Malo
islands, Vanuatu, has confirmed the dominance of obsidian from the
distant Kutau/Bao source in West New Britain, with a smaller group from
local outcrops in the Banks Islands, Vanuatu. Three flak...

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Full title

Long-distance connections in Vanuatu: New obsidian characterisations for the Makué site, Aore Island

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1712571786

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1712571786

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ISSN

0728-4896,0003-8121

E-ISSN

1834-4453

DOI

10.1002/arco.5030

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