Australian Aboriginal Prehistoric Sites
Encyclopedia
This is a list of Australian Aboriginal prehistoric sites.
Key:
Key:
- BGS = Below Ground Surface
- C14 = Radiocarbon date
- char. = charcoalCharcoalCharcoal is the dark grey residue consisting of carbon, and any remaining ash, obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances. Charcoal is usually produced by slow pyrolysis, the heating of wood or other substances in the absence of oxygen...
- OSL = Optical Stimulated ThermoluminescenceThermoluminescenceThermoluminescence is a form of luminescence that is exhibited by certain crystalline materials, such as some minerals, when previously absorbed energy from electromagnetic radiation or other ionizing radiation is re-emitted as light upon heating of the material...
- AA = Australian ArchaeologyArchaeologyArchaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
| Locality | Reference | Lab No. | Age Yrs BP | Type of Date | Type of Site |
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| Northern Territory Northern Territory The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions... |
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| Malakunanja II | Roberts et al. Nature 1990 | KTL 162 | 61,000 +9,000/-13,000 | OSL | Lowest artefact at 260 cm BGS |
| Malakunanja II | KTL 158 | 52,000 +7,000/-11,000 | OSL | Artefacts at 250 cm BGS | |
| Malakunanja II | KTL 164 | 45,000 +6,000/-9,000 | OSL | Artefacts at 230 cm BGS | |
| Malakunanja II | SUA 256 | 18,040 +-300 | C14 char. | Associated with ochre Ochre Ochre is the term for both a golden-yellow or light yellow brown color and for a form of earth pigment which produces the color. The pigment can also be used to create a reddish tint known as "red ochre". The more rarely used terms "purple ochre" and "brown ochre" also exist for variant hues... and grindstone Grindstone Grindstone may refer to:*Grindstone , a tool used for sharpening*Grindstone, a type of millstone used to grind grains such as wheat*Grindstone , 1996 Kentucky Derby winner and sire of the racehorse Birdstone... |
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| Nawalabila I | Roberts et al. AA 1993 | Ox-od K169 | 60,300 +-6700 | OSL | Artefacts at 285-302 cm BGS |
| Nawalabila I | Ox-od K170 | 58,300 +-5800 | OSL | Base of rubble auger Auger An auger is a drilling device, or drill bit, that usually includes a rotating helical screw blade called a "flighting" to act as a screw conveyor to remove the drilled out material... hole |
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| Nawalabila I | Ox-od K168 | 53,400 +-5400 | OSL | Artefacts at 228-240 cm BGS | |
| Nawalabila I | Ox-od K166 | 30,000 +-2400 | OSL | Artefacts at 170-175 cm BGS | |
| Nawalabila I | SUA 237 | 19,975 +-264 | C14 char. | Lowest C14 date | |
| Nawalabila I | Ox-od K172 | 13,500 +-900 | OSL | Artefacts at 104-110 cm BGS | |
| Nawalabila I | Ox-od K171 | 2,900 +-600 | OSL | Artefacts at 1-6 cm BGS | |
| Malanganger | Roberts et al. Nature 1990 | KTL 126 | 32,000 +-7,000 | OSL | Lowest artefacts at 200 BGS |
| Malangangerr | C.White 1967, 1971 | ANU 77B GaK 629 GaK 628 | 22,900 +-1000 22,700 +-700 19,600 +-550 | C14 char. | earliest ground edge axes |
| Nawamoyn | C.White 1967,1971 | ANU 51 | 21,450 +-380 | C14 char. | Ground edge axes Axes Axes may refer to:* Axes, woodworking hand tools* The plural of axis* Axes , a 2005 rock album by the British band Electrelane* X and Y axes, or X, Y, and Z axes, perpendicular lines used in the Cartesian coordinate system... |
| Puritjarra | M.A.Smith Nature 1987 | Beta 19901 | 21,950 +-270 | C14 char. | Artefacts below this estimated to be 30,000 BP |
| Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east... |
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| Rottnest Island Rottnest Island Rottnest Island is located off the coast of Western Australia, near Fremantle. It is called Wadjemup by the Noongar people, meaning "place across the water". The island is long, and at its widest point with a total land area of . It is classified as an A Class Reserve and is managed by the... |
Charles Dortch, West Australian 23 June 2003 | ANU & James Cook Uni | 70,000 +10,000/-20,000 | U/Th C14 | flint Flint Flint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as nodules and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones. Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white, or brown in colour, and... tool embedded in Tamala limestone Limestone Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera.... (Aminozone C) |
| Upper Swan Bridge | Pearce and Barbetti AO 1981 | SUA 1500 SUA 1665 | 39,500 +2,300/-1,800 37,100 +1,600/-1,300 | C14 char. | Campsite Occupatn 88-96 cm BGS Occupatn 75-80 cm BGS |
| Mandu Mandu Creek RS | Morse AO 1988; Antiquity 1993; Bowdler 1992 | Wk 1513 Wk 1576 SUA 3454 | 34,299 +-1050 30,000 +-850 25,200 +-250 | C14 baler shell C14 nodule | Shell necklace Early occup |
| Devil's Lair Devil's Lair Devil’s Lair is a single-chamber cave with a floor area of around 200 square metres that formed in a Quaternary dune limestone of the Leeuwin–Naturaliste Ridge, 5 kilometres from the modern coastline of Western Australia... |
Dortch 1984 | SUA 585/6 | 32,800 +-830 | C14 char. | Pooled age |