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University of Hawai'i: Honolulu, HI, US

2019-01-02 to present | Profoessor (Anthropology)
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Patrick Kirch

University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, US

2014 to present | Chancellor's Professor Emeritus (Anthropology)
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Patrick Kirch

University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, US

1989 to 2014 | Professor (Anthropology)
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Patrick Kirch

University of Washington: Seattle, WA, US

1984 to 1988 | Professor (Anthropology)
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Patrick Kirch

Bishop Museum: Honolulu, HI, US

1974 to 1984 | Anthropologist (Anthropology)
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Education and qualifications (1)

Yale University: New Haven, CT, US

1971 to 1975 | PhD (Anthropology)
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Funding (21)

Developing 230Th/U Dating of Coral Artifacts for High-Precision Cultural Chronologies in Eastern Polynesia

2015-07-15 to 2017-06-30 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1521133
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Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant: The Impact Of Colonization On Island Ecology

2014-12-01 to 2016-11-30 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1452364
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CNH: Socio-Ecosystem Dynamics of Human-Natural Networks on Model Islands

2013-09-01 to 2017-08-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Geosciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1313830
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Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Transition from Chiefdom to Archaic State in Kaupo, Maui, Hawaiian Islands

2013-04-01 to 2014-03-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1314978
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Collaborative Research: Vulnerability and Resilience in Island Socioecosystems

2010-08-15 to 2014-07-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1030049
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Households, Specialization, and Social Production in Society Islands Chiefdoms

2007-07-15 to 2010-06-30 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 0725173
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HSD: Collaborative Proposal: Long-Term Dynamics of Population Growth, Agricultual Intensification, and Sociopolitical Change: Hawai'i as a Model System

2006-09-15 to 2010-08-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 0624238
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Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Landscape, Memory, and Society: An Ethnohistoric-Archaeological Study of Three Hawaiian Communities

2005-11-01 to 2006-10-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 0535706
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BE/CNH: Human Ecodynamics in the Hawaiian Ecosystem, 1200 to 200 Years Before the Present

2001-12-01 to 2006-05-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 0119819
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Purchasing Storage Furniture and Rehousing the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology Basketry, and Textile Collections

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The Dynamics of Economic and Sociopolitical Structure in Late Prehistoric Hawaii: An Emergent 'Archaic State', Phase II

1998-06-15 to 2001-05-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 9805754
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Improvement of Storage and Access to Native American Basket Collection

1997-08-15 to 2001-01-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 9707621
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The Dynamics of Economic and Sociopolitical Structure in Late Prehistoric Hawai'i: An Emergent 'Archaic State'

1996-08-01 to 1999-07-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 9600693
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Development of Undergraduate Archaeology Laboratory

1993-05-15 to 1995-04-30 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Education and Human Resources (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 9351467
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Dissertation Research: Prehistoric Agriculture in the Society Islands

1991-05-01 to 1992-04-30 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 9106761
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Anthropogenic Environmental Change, Agricultural Intensification, and Socio-Political Evolution in Polynesia

1991-02-01 to 1993-02-28 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 9020750
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Lapita Archaeology

1989-01-01 to 1990-07-30 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 8996182
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Lapita Archaeology

1987-02-15 to 1989-01-01 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 8615147
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The Historical Transformation of Hawaiian Society and Economy

1982-06-01 to 1984-05-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 8205621
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Renovation of the Pacific Archaeological Collection Storage

1982-05-01 to 1984-04-30 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 8203670
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Ethnoarchaeological Investigations of Agriculture and Settlement Patterns

1976-04-15 to 1980-03-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 7604782
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Rising seas endanger maritime heritage

Science
2025-01-31 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Jason Younker; Patrick Kirch; Jon Erlandson; Victor D. Thompson; Scott Fitzpatrick; Kristina M. Gill; John T. Ruiz
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Uncovering Pacific Pasts: Histories of Archaeology in Oceania by HilaryHowes, TristenJones, and MatthewSpriggs. ANU Press, Canberra, 2022. ISBN 9781760464868 (Paperback). Pp. xv + 578. AU $100.

Archaeology in Oceania
2023-04 | Journal article
Contributors: PATRICK V KIRCH
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Soils, agriculture, and land use in island socio‐ecosystems: Three case studies from Southeastern Polynesia

Geoarchaeology
2023-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch; Jennifer G. Kahn; Oliver A. Chadwick
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Provenance, production, and distribution of basalt and volcanic glass artifacts in Leeward Kohala, Hawaiʻi Island

Geoarchaeology
2022-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Peter R. Mills; Steven P. Lundblad; Christina Cauley; Drew S. Coleman; Julie S. Field; Alison L. Hafner; Jennifer G. Kahn; John M. Sinton; Patrick V. Kirch
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Irrigation, fortification, and the proto‐historic settlement landscape of the Ndughore Valley, Kolombangara, Western Solomon Islands

Archaeology in Oceania
2022-07 | Journal article
Contributors: PATRICK V. KIRCH; DOUGLAS E. YEN
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Modern Polynesian genomes offer clues to early eastward migrations

Nature
2021-09-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch
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Stable Isotopic Evidence for Nutrient Rejuvenation and Long-Term Resilience on Tikopia Island (Southeast Solomon Islands)

Sustainability
2021-07 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Jillian Swift; Patrick Kirch; Jana Ilgner; Samantha Brown; Mary Lucas; Sara Marzo; Patrick Roberts
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Trends in Marine Foraging in Precontact and Historic Leeward Kohala, Hawai‘i Island

Pacific Science
2016-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Julie S. Field; Jacqueline N. Lipphardt; Patrick V. Kirch
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Cook Island artifact geochemistry demonstrates spatial and temporal extent of pre-European interarchipelago voyaging in East Polynesia

Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
2016-07-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Marshall I. Weisler; Robert Bolhar; Jinlong Ma; Emma St Pierre; Peter Sheppard; Richard K. Walter; Yuexing Feng; Jian-xin Zhao; Patrick V. Kirch
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Pacific Islands, Archaeology of

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
2015 | Other
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch
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Ideology, ceremony and calendar in pre-contact Hawai‘i: astronomical alignment of a stone enclosure on O‘ahu suggests ceremonial use during the Makahiki season

jps
2015-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Timothy M. Gill; Patrick V. Kirch; Clive Ruggles; Alexander Baer
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Soil nutrients and intensive dryland agricultural production in Kaupō, Maui, Hawaiian Islands

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2015-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Alexander Baer; Oliver Chadwick; Patrick V. Kirch
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Precise chronology of Polynesian temple construction and use for southeastern Maui, Hawaiian Islands determined by 230Th dating of corals

Journal of Archaeological Science
2015-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch; Regina Mertz-Kraus; Warren D. Sharp
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Human ecodynamics in the Mangareva Islands: a stratified sequence from Nenega-Iti Rock Shelter (site AGA-3, Agakauitai Island)

Archaeology in Oceania
2015-01-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch; Guillaume Molle; Cordelia Nickelsen; Peter Mills; Emilie Dotte-Sarout; Jillian Swift; Allison Wolfe; Mark Horrocks
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The Prehistory of Hawai’i

Oxford Handbooks Online
2014-10-02 | Book
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch; Ethan Cochrane; Terry Hunt
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Re-dating of the Kuli‘ou‘ou Rockshelter, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i: Location of the first radiocarbon date from the Pacific Islands

jps
2014-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Jennifer G. Kahn; Timothy M. Reith; Patrick V. Kirch; J. Stephen Athens; Gail Murakami
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Archeology, deep history, and the human transformation of island ecosystems

Anthropocene
2013 | Journal article
Contributors: Torben C. Rick; Patrick V. Kirch; Jon M. Erlandson; Scott M. Fitzpatrick
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The pānānā or ‘sighting wall’ at Hanamauloa, Kahikinui, Maui: archaeological investigation of a possible navigational monument

jps
2013-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch; Clive Ruggles; Warren D. Sharp
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Agricultural potential and actualized development in Hawai’i: an airborne LiDAR survey of the leeward Kohala field system (Hawai’i Island)

Journal of Archaeological Science
2011 | Journal article
Contributors: Thegn N. Ladefoged; Mark D. McCoy; Gregory P. Asner; Patrick V. Kirch; Cedric O. Puleston; Oliver A. Chadwick; Peter M. Vitousek
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Geospatial modeling of pre-contact Hawaiian production systems on Molokaʻi Island, Hawaiian Islands

Journal of Archaeological Science
2011 | Journal article
Contributors: Natalie Kurashima; Patrick V. Kirch
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Residential Chronology, Household Subsistence, and the Emergence of Socioeconomic Territories in Leeward Kohala, Hawai'i Island

Radiocarbon
2011 | Journal article
Contributors: Julie S Field; Thegn N Ladefoged; Warren D Sharp; Patrick V Kirch
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How Chiefs Became KingsDivine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in Ancient Hawai'i

2010 | Book
Contributors: Patrick Vinton Kirch
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The Onemea Site (Taravai Island, Mangareva) and the human colonization of Southeastern Polynesia

Archaeology in Oceania
2010-07 | Journal article
Contributors: PATRICK V. KIRCH; ERIC CONTE; WARREN SHARP; CORDELIA NICKELSEN
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Erosion, Geological History, and Indigenous Agriculture: A Tale of Two Valleys

Ecosystems
2010-07-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Peter M. Vitousek; Oliver A. Chadwick; George Hilley; Patrick V. Kirch; Thegn N. Ladefoged
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Households and Hierarchy: Domestic Modes of Production in Leeward Kohala, Hawai'i Island

The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology
2010-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Julie S. Field; Patrick V. Kirch; Kathy Kawelu; Thegn N. Ladefoged
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Intensive Dryland Agriculture in Kaupō, Maui, Hawaiian Islands

Asian Perspectives
2009 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch; John Holson; Alexander Baer
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Opportunities and constraints for intensive agriculture in the Hawaiian archipelago prior to European contact

Journal of Archaeological Science
2009-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Thegn N. Ladefoged; Patrick V. Kirch; Samuel M. Gon; Oliver A. Chadwick; Anthony S. Hartshorn; Peter M. Vitousek
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Combler une lacune dans la préhistoire de la Polynésie orientale : nouvelles données sur l’archipel des Gambier (Mangareva)

jso
2009-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch; Éric Conte
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Advances in Polynesian Prehistory: A Review and Assessment of the Past Decade (1993–2004)

J Archaeol Res
2007-08-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch; Jennifer G. Kahn
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Hawaii as a Model System for Human Ecodynamics

American Anthropologist
2007-03 | Journal article
Contributors: PATRICK V. KIRCH
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Three islands and an archipelago: reciprocal interactions between humans and island ecosystems in Polynesia

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
2007-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch
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ARCHAEOLOGY AND GLOBAL CHANGE: The Holocene Record

Annu. Rev. Environ. Resourc.
2005-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch
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Ethnographie préhistorique d’une « société à maisons » dans la vallée de ’Opunohu (Mo’orea, îles de la Société)

jso
2004 | Journal article
Contributors: Jennifer G. Kahn; Patrick V. Kirch
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New archaeological insights into food and status: a case study from pre-contact Hawaii

World Archaeology
2003-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick Kirch; Sharyn Jones O'Day
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Paleohydrology of arid southeastern maui, hawaiian islands, and its implications for prehistoric human settlement

Quaternary Research
2003-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Jonathan Stock; James Coil; Patrick V. Kirch
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Te Kai Paka-Anuta: Food in a Polynesian Outlier Society

jso
2002 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch
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Hawaiki , Ancestral Polynesia

2001 | Book
Contributors: Patrick Vinton Kirch; Roger C. Green
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Lapita

Encyclopedia of Prehistory
2001 | Other
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch
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Patrick Kirch, Archaeology

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
2001 | Other
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Biogeography and Prehistoric Exploitation of Birds in the Mussau Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea

EMU
1998 | Journal article
Contributors: David W. Steadman; Patrick V. Kirch
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Metric Analyses of Prehistoric Morphological Change in Cultivated Fruits and Nuts: An Example from Island Melanesia

Journal of Archaeological Science
1998-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Dana Lepofsky; Patrick V. Kirch; Kenneth P. Lertzman
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Microcosmic Histories: Island Perspectives on "Global" Change

American Anthropologist
1997-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch
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Lapita and Its Aftermath: The Austronesian Settlement of Oceania

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
1996 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch
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Prehistory and human ecology in Eastern Polynesia: Excavations at Tangatatau Rockshelter, Mangaia, Cook Islands

Archaeology in Oceania
1995-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch; David W. Steadman; Virginia L. Butler; Jon Hather; Marshall I. Weisler
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History, Phylogeny, and Evolution in Polynesia

Current Anthropology
1992-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch; Roger C. Green
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Prehistoric Exchange in Western Melanesia

Annu. Rev. Anthropol.
1991-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch
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The evolution of sociopolitical complexity in prehistoric Hawaii: An assessment of the archaeological evidence

J World Prehist
1990-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch
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An Ancestral Polynesian occupation site at To'aga, Ofu Island, American Samoa

Archaeology in Oceania
1990-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch; Terry L. Hunt; Lisa Nagaoka; Jason Tyler
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Human skeletal and dental remains from Lapita sites (1600–500B.C.) in the Mussau Islands, Melanesia

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.
1989-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch; Daris R. Swindler; Christy G. Turner
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Second millenniumB.C. arboriculture in Melanesia: Archaeological evidence from the Mussau Islands

Econ Bot
1989-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Patrick V. Kirch
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