'Small, individually nondescript and easily overlooked': Contact beads from northwest Arnhem Land in an Indigenous-Macassan-European hybrid economy

This paper examines the interactions between Indigenous traditional owners, Macassan trepangers and European settlers in northwest Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. The recovery of an assemblage of beads from six archaeological sites within the Manganowal estate (Djulirri, Malarrak 1, Malarrak 4, Bal...

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Published in:Australian archaeology 2015-06, Vol.80, p.1-16
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