Ground-penetrating radar and burial practices in western Arnhem Land, Australia

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 148-157

  Lowe, Kelsey M ^a   Wallis, Lynley A ^a,b,c   Pardoe, Colin ^d   Marwick, Ben ^e   Clarkson, Chris ^a   Manne, Tiina ^a   Smith, Mike A ^f   Fullagar, Richard ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Wallis Heritage Consulting   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arnhem Land; burial practices; GIS; ground penetrating radar; Indigenous communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908206145     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arco.5039     Document Type: Article

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