From the perspective of time: Hunter-gatherer burials in south-eastern Australia

Antiquity

Volumn 81, Issue 314, 2007, Pages 1013-1028

  Littleton, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Australia; Burial rites; Mortuary practice; Time frames

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL HISTORY; CULTURAL TRADITION; HUNTER-GATHERER; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LANDSCAPE HISTORY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY BASIN;

EID: 37449007845     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00096083     Document Type: Article

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