Giving it a burl: Towards the integration of genetics, isotope geochemistry, and osteoarchaeology in Cape York, Tropical North Queensland, Australia

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Collard, Mark
Wasef, Sally
Adams, Shaun
Wright, Kirsty
Mitchell, R John
Wright, Joanne L
Wrobel, Gabriel
Nagle, Nano
Miller, Adrian
Wood, Rachel
Pietschi, Timothy J
Van Holst Pellekaanj, Sheila
Flinders, Clarence
Westaway, Michael C
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2019
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In this paper we outline a worked example of the combined use of genetic data and archaeological evidence. The project focuses on Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula and has two goals. One is to shed new light on the population history of the region. The other is to develop a methodology to facilitate repatriation of the remains of Aboriginal Australians. After providing some background to the project and outlining its main activities, we summarize our key findings to date. Subsequently, we discuss what the project has taught us about the prehistory of Cape York, the potential for DNA research and isotope chemistry to assist ...
View more >In this paper we outline a worked example of the combined use of genetic data and archaeological evidence. The project focuses on Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula and has two goals. One is to shed new light on the population history of the region. The other is to develop a methodology to facilitate repatriation of the remains of Aboriginal Australians. After providing some background to the project and outlining its main activities, we summarize our key findings to date. Subsequently, we discuss what the project has taught us about the prehistory of Cape York, the potential for DNA research and isotope chemistry to assist research institutions and Aboriginal communities with the repatriation of unaffiliated remains, and the process of conducting combined genetic and archaeological research.
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View more >In this paper we outline a worked example of the combined use of genetic data and archaeological evidence. The project focuses on Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula and has two goals. One is to shed new light on the population history of the region. The other is to develop a methodology to facilitate repatriation of the remains of Aboriginal Australians. After providing some background to the project and outlining its main activities, we summarize our key findings to date. Subsequently, we discuss what the project has taught us about the prehistory of Cape York, the potential for DNA research and isotope chemistry to assist research institutions and Aboriginal communities with the repatriation of unaffiliated remains, and the process of conducting combined genetic and archaeological research.
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Journal Title
World Archaeology
Volume
51
Issue
4
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This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in World Archaeology, 2019, 51 (4), pp. 602-619, 29 Nov 2019, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2019.1686418
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Archaeology
Historical studies
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