Critical Review of Brown and Thomas “The First New Zealanders? An Alternative Interpretation of the Stable Isotope Data from Wairau Bar”
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1 Department of Anatomy, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2 School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 3 Department of Preventative and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 4 Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 5 Southern Pacific Archaeological Research, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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The First New Zealanders? An Alternative Interpretation of Stable Isotope Data from Wairau Bar, New Zealand
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