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- Title
PIPE-SMOKER'S BURIAL FROM ROONKA (SOUTH AUSTRALIA).
- Authors
Prokopec, Miroslav
- Abstract
The article analyzes the skeletal remains of an Aboriginal pipe smoker excavated from the Roonka burial ground in South Australia. The remains revealed an abrasion of teeth partly in the upper and partly in the lower jaw caused by a ceramic pipe found in the grave. The deep caries in both lower second molars proved that the person lived for a certain length of time on the European diet consisting of white flour and sugar. The remains was believed to be a female 18 to 25 years of age.
- Subjects
SOUTH Australia; ARCHAEOLOGICAL human remains; ABORIGINAL Australians; PIPE smokers; DENTAL caries; ROONKA Site (S. Aust.)
- Publication
Papers on Anthropology, 2006, Vol 15, p185
- ISSN
1406-0140
- Publication type
Article