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The first archaeological evidence for death by spearing in Australia

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2007

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McDonald, Jo
Donlon, Denise A
Field, Judith
Fullagar, Richard
Coltrain, Joan Brenner
Mitchell, Peter
Rawson, Mark

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Antiquity Publications

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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

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Keywords: archaeological evidence; cause of death; indigenous population; weapon; Australasia; Australia Aborigine; Australia; Microliths; Ritual punishment; Spears; Sydney

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/52446

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Antiquity

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