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Lapita burial practices: evidence for complex body and bone treatment at the Teouma cemetery, Vanuatu, Southwest Pacific

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Valentin, Frederique; Bedford, Stuart; Buckley, Hallie R.; Spriggs, Matthew

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Excavation of the 3,000-year-old Lapita cemetery of Teouma (Efate, Central Vanuatu) has allowed the first detailed investigation of mortuary practices of these initial colonizers of the Vanuatu archipelago. Focusing on one component of funerary practice:

dc.contributor.authorValentin, Frederique
dc.contributor.authorBedford, Stuart
dc.contributor.authorBuckley, Hallie R.
dc.contributor.authorSpriggs, Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T21:54:06Z
dc.identifier.issn1556-4894
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/38789
dc.description.abstractExcavation of the 3,000-year-old Lapita cemetery of Teouma (Efate, Central Vanuatu) has allowed the first detailed investigation of mortuary practices of these initial colonizers of the Vanuatu archipelago. Focusing on one component of funerary practice:
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Group
dc.sourceJournal of Island & Coastal Archaeology
dc.subjectKeywords: archaeological evidence; bone; cemetery; cranium; cultural history; historical perspective; Vanuatu Bioarchaeology; Lapita; Mortuary behavior; Vanuatu
dc.titleLapita burial practices: evidence for complex body and bone treatment at the Teouma cemetery, Vanuatu, Southwest Pacific
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume5
dc.date.issued2010
local.identifier.absfor210102 - Archaeological Science
local.identifier.absfor210106 - Archaeology of New Guinea and Pacific Islands (excl. New Zealand)
local.identifier.ariespublicationu8304786xPUB166
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationValentin, Frederique, CNRS
local.contributor.affiliationBedford, Stuart, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationBuckley, Hallie R., University of Otago
local.contributor.affiliationSpriggs, Matthew, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage212
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage235
local.identifier.doi10.1080/15564891003648092
local.identifier.absseo970102 - Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T11:39:38Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-77956404828
local.identifier.thomsonID000208274400002
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