Cultural modifications in an adolescent earth-oven interment from Fiji: Sorting out mortuary practice

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-71

  Pietrusewsky, Michael ^a   Douglas, Michele T ^b   Cochrane, Ethan E ^c   Reinke, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii's   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone cut marks; Butchering techniques; Cannibalism; Cultural modification; Mortuary behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CANNIBALISM; CAVE; CULTURAL HISTORY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; ISLAND; SKELETAL REMAINS; VILLAGE;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; QARANICAGI CAVE; WAYA ISLAND; YASAWA GROUP;

EID: 43249132784     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564890701228579     Document Type: Article

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