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Archaeology on the Frontier

Archaeology on the Frontier

This blog is about research relating to frontier conflict and especially the Native Mounted Police in Queensland

Tag: poison

“Each poor poisoned wretch”: Distributing death by poison on Queensland’s colonial frontier

05/15/2022.Reading time 29 minutes.

By Lynley Wallis We have written before about why finding evidence for frontier massacres in the archaeological record is extremely difficult. There are several reasons why this is the case, not least because most causes of death are soft tissue injuries that leave little trace upon skeletal remains. This is especially the case for victims […]

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