Distribution and extirpation of pigs in Pacific Islands: A case study from Palau

Clark, Geoffrey; Petchey, Fiona; Hawkins, Stuart; Reepmeyer, Christian; Smith, Ian; Masse, W. Bruce

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Distribution and extirpation of pigs in Pacific Islands: A case study from Palau

Date

2013

Authors

Clark, Geoffrey

Petchey, Fiona

Hawkins, Stuart

Reepmeyer, Christian

Smith, Ian

Masse, W. Bruce

Publisher

Sydney University Press

Abstract

Neolithic arrival in the Pacific involved, as in other parts of the world, the translocation of domesticated plants and animals by pottery-making cultures in prehistory. Globally uncommon, though, was the abandonment of pottery on some islands and the ext