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SPECIAL SECTION: SMALL ISLANDS IN PREHISTORY

Increase Rituals and Environmental Variability on Small Residential Islands of Torres Strait

Pages 195-210 | Received 26 Aug 2015, Accepted 21 Oct 2015, Published online: 18 Dec 2015

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