Past regained, future lost
The Kow Swamp Pleistocene burials
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5116565 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D J Mulvaney (Australian Academy of the Humanities, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 246 |
| Pages | 12-21 |
| Publication date | 1991-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00079266 |
| OpenAlex | W2473371096 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 41 |
| References cited | 10 |
The Kow Swamp collection of Pleistocene human remains from southeast Australia is perhaps the largest skeletal collection ever recovered from a single Pleistocene context. It was 'returned' for re-burial last year. John Mulvaney, a senior Australian prehistorian, reports on a situation in which the issues concerning the bones of ancient people are at their most acute
Archaeology · Biology · Context (archaeology · Geography · Pleistocene · Swamp · Ecology · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Australia
Kow Swamp
Australia
Kow Swamp
Emotion and the return of ancestors
The Development (and Imagined Reinvention) of Australian Archaeology in the Twentieth Century
Public Archaeology and Indigenous Archaeology
Death
Ritorno alla terra
The legal classification of hominin fossils
Inclusivity and Multivocality in Socio-Political Archaeologies and Culture Heritage Management
Ancient DNA studies
Barapa Country through Barapa eyes
Dead bodies
The Dead, the Law, and the Politics of the Past
Patrimonios en disputa
Arches of radii, corridors of power
Forsaken Spot' to 'Classic Ground
Asserting Aboriginal polity and nationhood
Beyond the Margin
Aspects of the historiography of Australian archaeology
Everything You’ve Been Told About the History of Australian Archaeology is Wrong
Decoding ethics
Ancient DNA in anthropology
Nacurrie 1
Cultural heritage management and feminist expression in Australian archaeology
The ownership of culture
The maritime paradox
The past as symbol of identity
A Grave Situation
The ideal and the real
Repatriation, Doxa, and Contested Heritages
Reflections
The repatriation of human remains - problem or opportunity
Unquiet slumbers
More than archaeology
Out of the Closet
Who are we to decide?' Internal challenges to cultural authority in the contestation over human remains in British museums
"Tapuand the invention of the "death taboo
Monumental Colonialism
Through Wary Eyes
Extinction Threatens Australian Anthropology
Aboriginal Skeletal Remains
Our Heritage - Your Playground
The World of the First Australians
Mungo and Kow Swamp
The World of the First Australians
Reburying Australian skeletons
Repainting Australian rock art
Accelerator radiocarbon dating of human blood proteins in pigments from Late Pleistocene art sites in Australia
| Unique citing works | 41 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,21 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2026 (35) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 41 |