Dating the late prehistoric dispersal of Polynesians to New Zealand using the commensal Pacific rat

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dc.contributor.authorWilmshurst, Janet M
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Atholl
dc.contributor.authorHigham, Thomas F. G.
dc.contributor.authorWorthy, Trevor H
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:14:20Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.updated2015-12-09T08:06:15Z
dc.description.abstractThe pristine island ecosystems of East Polynesia were among the last places on Earth settled by prehistoric people, and their colonization triggered a devastating transformation. Overhunting contributed to widespread faunal extinctions and the decline of
dc.identifier.issn0027-8424
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/50242
dc.publisherNational Academy of Sciences (USA)
dc.sourcePNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
dc.subjectKeywords: carbon 14; accuracy; animal tissue; archeology; article; biodiversity; chronology; controlled study; deforestation; ecosystem; experimental rat; fauna; fossil animal; gnawing; New Zealand; nonhuman; organism colony; Pacific islands; pacific rat; paleoecol Archaeological visibility; Colonization; East Polynesia; Radiocarbon; Rattus exulans
dc.titleDating the late prehistoric dispersal of Polynesians to New Zealand using the commensal Pacific rat
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue22
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage7680
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage7676
local.contributor.affiliationWilmshurst, Janet M, Landcare Research
local.contributor.affiliationAnderson, Atholl, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationHigham, Thomas F. G., University of Oxford
local.contributor.affiliationWorthy, Trevor, University of Adelaide
local.contributor.authoruidAnderson, Atholl, u9309509
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor210102 - Archaeological Science
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4029967xPUB200
local.identifier.citationvolume105
local.identifier.doi10.1073/pnas.0801507105
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-45549088337
local.identifier.thomsonID000256648600011
local.type.statusPublished Version

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