Land Snail Extinctions at Kalaeloa, O`ahu*

T. S. Dye & H. D. Tuggle
International Archaeological Research Institute Inc.

December 28, 1999

*We thank Bert Davis, Pat Kirch, and especially Carl Christensen for creating, analyzing, and reporting data in a form that can be reanalyzed. Sara Collins lent us copies of restricted distribution reports. Christopher Bronk-Ramsey provided advice on use of his OxCal software. A.E. Long and J. deLeeuw helped with the interactive graphics. J.S. Clarke provided editorial advice and encouragement. R. Blankfein drafted the map.

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1 Introduction
2 Background
3 The Kalaeloa land snail collection
4 Habitats of Kalaeloa land snails
5 Land snail populations in sinkholes
5.1 A 14C chronology
5.2 Changes in populations of native, extinct taxa
6 Discussions and conclusions
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