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An early bronze artefact from Papua New Guinea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

W.R. Ambrose
W.R. Ambrose*
Affiliation:
Department of Prehistory, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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This small tabular bronze artefact, recovered from an occupation layer sealed beneath volcanic ash on Lou Island, is the first bronze artefact found in a dated context in Papua New Guinea, well outside the range of the normal occurrence of bronze in southeast Asia.

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Antiquity , Volume 62 , Issue 236 , September 1988 , pp. 483 - 491
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1988

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