The racial affinities of the Tasmanian Aborigines some new skeletal evidence

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Label

The racial affinities of the Tasmanian Aborigines some new skeletal evidence

Creator

• Thorne, A. G., 1939-2012

Subject

• Dating and chronology - Carbon dating
• Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
• Initiation - Tooth avulsion
• Human biology - Physical anthropology - Craniology
• Jones, Rhys, 1941-2001
• Sites - Middens
• Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies - Cremation

Summary

Examines & describes skeletal material from West Point midden excavated by Rhys Jones 1964-5, compares material with; a) Tasmanian and, b) non Tasmanian (especially Australian) skeletal material; summary of location, skeletal material, radiocarbon dates; p.9-39; Osteological remains, 1) bottom complex fragments, 2) top complex remains; p.40-63; Dental remains; p.64-67; Cremated bone & variations; p.68-75; Comparison with funeral practices, early references to Tasmanian burials, cremation; p.76-81; Conflicting early observations of tooth avulsion, comparison of fragment from West Point, summary of tooth avulsion pattern in Australia; p.82-94; Discussion of Tasmanian cranial features, comparative tables list measurable dimensions of West Point teeth, Australian teeth & teeth from Adams (1940) Tasmanian survey; p.95106; Discussion of Tasmanian origins in light of West Point fragments

Date time place

1967

Series statement

M.A. Thesis - University of Sydney