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Authors: Lilley, Ian
Title: Type X: description and discussion of a prehistoric ceramic ware from northeastern Papua New Guinea
Date: 1988
Source: Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association
Abstract: This paper considers a distinctive but previously undescribed prehistoric ceramic ware found in the Vitiaz Strait - west New Britain region in northernmost Papua New Guinea. The ware is labeled Type X because, despite the work outlined below, it is still an "unknown quantity
" its origins, precise period and place of manufacture and relationships with other Melanesian potteries, as well as the cause(s) of its demise, have yet to be ascertained.
Date Created: 3/3/2001
Volume: 8
Page Start: 90
Page End: 100