Buried on foreign shores: Isotope analysis of the origin of human remains recovered from a macassan site in arnhem land

Australian Archaeology

Volumn 73, Issue , 2011, Pages 41-48

  Theden Ringl, Fenja ^a   Fenner, Jack N ^a   Wesley, Daryl ^a   Lamilami, Ronald ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Kakadu National Park   (Australia)

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EID: 81555221743     PISSN: 03122417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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