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Australian Aboriginal prehistoric sites.
Key:
- BGS = Below Ground Surface
- C14 = Radiocarbon date
- char. = charcoal
Charcoal is the blackish residue consisting of impure carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances. Charcoal is usually produced by slow pyrolysis, the heating of wood, sugar, bone char, or other substances in the absence of oxygen...
- OSL = Optical Stimulated Thermoluminescence
Thermoluminescence is a form of luminescence when absorbed light is re-emitted on heating.Some mineral substances such as fluorite store energy when exposed to ultraviolet or other ionising radiation...
- AA = Australian Archaeology
Archaeology or archeology is the science that studies human cultures through the recovery, documentation, analysis, and interpretation of material culture and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, and landscapes...
| Locality |
Reference |
Lab No. |
Age Yrs BP |
Type of Date |
Type of Site |
Northern TerritoryThe 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 ochreOchre or Ocher is 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 grindstoneGrindstone 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...
|
| 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 An auger is a device for moving material or liquid by means of a rotating helical flighting. The material is moved along the axis of rotation. For some uses the helical 'flighting' is enclosed in a tube, for other uses the flighting is not encased...
hole |
| 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 may refer to:* Axes, woodworking hand tools* The plural of axis* Axes , a 2005 rock album* 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 AustraliaWestern Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. Australia's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.2 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state.The state's capital...
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Rottnest IslandRottnest Island is located 18 km off the coast of Western Australia, near Fremantle. It is called Wadjemup by the Noongar people, meaning "place across the water". The island is 11 kilometres long, and 4.5 kilometres at its widest point with a total land area of 19 km². It is classified as an A...
|
Charles Dortch, West Australian 23 June 2003 |
ANU & James Cook Uni |
70,000 +10,000/-20,000 |
U/Th C14 |
flintFlint 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 color, and...
tool embedded in Tamala limestoneLimestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcite . The deposition of limestone strata is often a by-product and indicator of biological activity in the geologic record...
(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 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 |