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Sealer's sledge excavated on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2008

Michael Pearson ,
Ruben Stehberg ,
Andres Zarankin ,
Maria Ximena Senatore  and
Carolina Gatica
Michael Pearson
Affiliation:
Heritage Management Consultants Pty Ltd, 84 Ballarat St, Fisher ACT 2611, Australia
Ruben Stehberg
Affiliation:
Sectión de Antropología del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago, Chile
Andres Zarankin
Affiliation:
Departmento de Sociologia e Antropologia, Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, CEP: 31270–901, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil
Maria Ximena Senatore
Affiliation:
Ayawcho 48 7A, C1025AAB, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Carolina Gatica
Affiliation:
Loreley 801, La Reina, Santiago, Chile
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Abstract

Details are provided of a sledge, possibly of late nineteenth/early twentieth century provenance, discovered on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, in 2007.

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Polar Record , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , October 2008 , pp. 362 - 364
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