ISBN10: 064650388X, ISBN13: 9780646503882, [publisher: South Australian Museum, Adelaide] Softcover First Edition Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Contributors include Rebekah Candy, Eric Cook, Bob Inns, Helen Tolcher & Vern Tolcher. Inscribed by editor to previous owner and signed by Helen Tolcher. 335 pages. Aboriginal skeletal remains and artefacts had been eroding out from a dune north of Blanchetown, on the River Murray in South Australia for many years. In 1969, SA Museum archaeologist Graeme Pretty implemented a rigorous program to prevent further loss from souvenir hunters or from natural elements. Roonka still stands as the largest investigation ever undertaken on an Aboriginal burial site in Australia. This is the story of the excavation and the how it has revealed the mysteries of the Ngaiawang.
[Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia] [Publication Year: 2009]
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ISBN10: 064650388X, ISBN13: 9780646503882, [publisher: South Australian Museum, Adelaide] Softcover First Edition Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Contributors include Rebekah Candy, Eric Cook, Bob Inns, Helen Tolcher & Vern Tolcher. Inscribed by editor to previous owner and signed by Helen Tolcher. 335 pages. Aboriginal skeletal remains and artefacts had been eroding out from a dune north of Blanchetown, on the River Murray in South Australia for many years. In 1969, SA Museum archaeologist Graeme Pretty implemented a rigorous program to prevent further loss from souvenir hunters or from natural elements. Roonka still stands as the largest investigation ever undertaken on an Aboriginal burial site in Australia. This is the story of the excavation and the how it has revealed the mysteries of the Ngaiawang.
[Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia] [Publication Year: 2009]
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