The first archaeological evidence for death by spearing in Australia
McDonald, Jo; Donlon, Denise A; Field, Judith; Fullagar, Richard; Coltrain, Joan Brenner; Mitchell, Peter; Rawson, Mark
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An Aboriginal man done to death on the dunes 4000 years ago was recently discovered during excavations beneath a bus shelter in Barrabeen on Sydney's northern beaches. The presence of backed microliths and the evidence for trauma in the bones showed that
| Collections | ANU Research Publications |
|---|---|
| Date published: | 2007 |
| Type: | Journal article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/52446 |
| Source: | Antiquity |
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