Locating places for repatriated burial: A case study from Ngarrindjeri ruwe, South Australia

Antiquity

Volumn 82, Issue 317, 2008, Pages 750-760

  Wallis, Lynley A ^a   Moffat, Ian ^a,b   Trevorrow, George ^c   Massey, Toni ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geophysical survey; Indigenous burial; Reburial; Repatriation; South Australia

Indexed keywords

EID: 53449087909     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00097350     Document Type: Article

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