Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetic surveys were conducted on 13 earth mounds within Mapoon Aboriginal Lands, western Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Detailed analysis of GPR profiles and amplitude maps of the mounds were compared to those from previously recorded, known burials at the Mapoon Mission Cemetery. Based on these models, burials were identified in ten of the 13 mounds. Both European-style (coffin) and traditional burials were identified, suggesting that they were used for human interment for some time and that there may have been continuity of burial practice in these features after European contact. GPR and magnetics also indicate that a number of mounds had constructed floors or platforms at the base of the mounds, and evidence for burning. Stratigraphic layers identified with GPR show that many of these mounds have complex internal layering, suggesting multiple building episodes. Based on the GPR and magnetics results, in conjunction with ethnohistorical and oral history research, we conclude that the mounds are constructed features that appear to have had a long history of use for multiple purposes, including mortuary. These results demonstrate the cultural continuity of mortuary practices within Mapoon from pre-contact times to the present.

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重新想象生与死：地球物理和人种历史调查的结果和解释土丘，M apoon，C ape Y ork Peninsula，昆士兰，澳大利亚

在昆士兰州约克角半岛西部的 Mapoon 原住民土地内的 13 个土丘上进行了探地雷达 (GPR) 和磁力测量。将 GPR 剖面图和土丘振幅图的详细分析与之前记录的 Mapoon Mission Cemetery 已知墓葬进行了比较。根据这些模型，在 13 个土墩中的 10 个中确定了墓葬。欧洲风格（棺材）和传统墓葬都被确定，表明它们被用于人类安葬一段时间，并且在欧洲人接触后，这些特征的埋葬实践可能具有连续性。探地雷达和磁力仪还表明，许多土丘在土丘的底部建造了地板或平台，并有燃烧的证据。用 GPR 确定的地层显示，这些土丘中的许多具有复杂的内部分层，表明存在多个建筑事件。根据 GPR 和磁学结果，结合民族历史和口述历史研究，我们得出结论，这些土墩是人工建造的特征，似乎具有用于多种用途的悠久历史，包括太平间。这些结果证明了从接触前到现在 Mapoon 太平间实践的文化连续性。