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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Lynley A. Wallis ,
Ian Moffat ,
George Trevorrow  and
Toni Massey
Lynley A. Wallis
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Ian Moffat
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
George Trevorrow
Affiliation:
Coorong Wilderness Lodge, Meningie, Australia
Toni Massey
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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In this ingenious co-operative case study, archaeologists and Indigenous peoples use geophysical survey to scan suitable places for the reburial of repatriated human remains. The process is also building a procedure for the low impact and respectful research of early Indigenous burial locations.

Keywords

South AustraliaIndigenous burialrepatriationreburialgeophysical survey
Type
Research Article
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Antiquity , Volume 82 , Issue 317 , September 2008 , pp. 750 - 760
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2008

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