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Mapping anthropogenic fill with GPR for unmarked grave detection: A case study from a possible location of Mokare's grave, Albany, Western Australia

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Authors

Bladon, Paul

Moffat, Ian

Guilfoyle, David

Beale, Alice

Milani, Jennifer

Publisher

Brackett Secretariat

Abstract

Geophysical techniques are a commonly used, non-invasive method for the location of unmarked graves. Contrary to popular perception, most studies rely not on directly imaging skeletal material but instead on locating the subsurface disturbance created by

Keywords

Keywords: Burial sites; Cultural heritages; Geophysical techniques; Ground Penetrating Radar; Ground penetrating radars; Mokare; Non-invasive; Noninvasive methods; Shallow subsurface; Skeletal materials; unmarked graves; Western Australia; Anoxic sediments; Crystal anthropogenic stratigraphy; ground penetrating radar; Mokare; unmarked graves

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/58455

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Exploration Geophysics (Aus)

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1071/EG11018

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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