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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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2010

Authors

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

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Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract

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:

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Keywords: archaeological evidence; bone; cemetery; cranium; cultural history; historical perspective; Vanuatu Bioarchaeology; Lapita; Mortuary behavior; Vanuatu

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/38789

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ANU Research Publications

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Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology

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Journal article

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10.1080/15564891003648092

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2037-12-31

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