Advances in the Hydration Dating of New Zealand Obsidian
โ Scribed by Christopher Stevenson; Peter Sheppard; Douglas Sutton; Wallace Ambrose
- Book ID
- 115620498
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 139 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0305-4403
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