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    Archaeology of Torres Strait turtle-shell masks: the Badu Cache
    (2004) Bruno David; Ian J. McNiven; William Bowie; Manuel Nomoa; Peo Ahmat; Joseph Albert Stanton Crouch; Liam M. Brady; Michael Quinnell; Anita Herle
    Turtle-shell masks are distinctive Torres Strait Islander objects that were used during ritual performances, and carefully curated, during ethnographic times. Yet the history of these rituals and their material expressions are poorly understood. The numerous instances of turtle-shell masks collected during the nineteenth century and currently held in museum collections around the world, and the chance discovery of one such mask cached in a rockshelter on the island of Badu, now allow for their historicising through a program of AMS radiocarbon dating. Initial results are reported.
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    Establishing a community of practice of researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and communities to sustainably manage environmental health risks in Ecuador
    (BioMed Central, 2011) Jerry Spiegel; Jaime Breilh; Efrain Beltran; Jorge Leonidas Parra Parra; Fernanda Solis; Annalee Yassi; Alejandro Rojas; Elena Orrego; Bonnie Henry; William Bowie
    Alliances of academic and non-academic partners from the South and North provide a promising orientation for learning together about ways of addressing negative trends of development. Assessing the impacts and sustainability of such processes, however, requires longer term monitoring of results and related challenges.