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1. Signs of Indigenous Australia ritual

Subjects
Australian aborigines -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Archaeology -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
Abstract

REGULARS Signs of Indigenous Australia ritual The evidence is 12,000 years old. ARCHAEOLOGY RESEARCHERS IN PARTNERSHIP with the GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC) unearthed evidence of rituals dating [...]

Published
2024

2. People in Australia made pottery over 2000 years ago

Author

Woodford, James

Subjects
Pottery -- History, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Business, Science and technology
Abstract

POTTERY fragments discovered on a remote Australian island are the earliest securely dated, locally produced pottery found in the country that pre-dates the arrival of Europeans. The discovery on Jiigurru [...]

Published
2024

3. Ancient campfires reveal a 50,000 year old grocer and pharmacy

Subjects
Charcoal -- Composition -- Testing, Acacia -- Usage, Tools, Prehistoric -- Discovery and exploration, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Aerospace and defense industries, Astronomy, High technology industry, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Perth, Australia (SPX) Mar 17, 2022 For the first time in Australia, archaeobotany has been used by researchers from UWA to examine charcoal from ancient campfires in the Western Desert. [...]

Published
2022

4. Where are the stories?

Author

Pickering, Michael

Subjects
Australia. National Museum of Australia -- Collections and collecting, Australian aborigines -- Portrayals, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Repatriation -- Analysis, History
Published
2010

5. A large area archaeological excavation at Cuddie Springs. (News & Notes)

Author

Field, Judith, Fullagar, Richard, and Lord, Garry

Subjects
Cuddie Springs Site, Australia -- History, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, History
Abstract

Large area excavation at Cuddle Springs has revealed that the Pleistocene sediments have remained undisturbed. This eliminates the possibility that stone artefacts found in association with megafauna may have been introduced by disturbance from higher levels and indicates an overlap of megafauna with humans of at least 10,000 years., Key-words: megafauna, Cuddle Springs, stone artefacts, environmental change There are three problematic but connected processes during the last 100,000 years of Australian prehistory. These are: the date of initial human [...]

Published
2001

6. Foodways on two colonial whaling stations: archaeological and historical evidence for diet in nineteenth-century Tasmania

Author

Lawrence, Susan

Subjects
Australia -- History, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Imperialism -- Australia, Food habits -- History, Diet -- History, Whaling -- Australia, History, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

Food is of central importance to culture. Its nutritional properties sustain life while the acquisition, preparation and consumption of food represent significant amounts of time and economic activity. Symbolically, the [...]

Published
2001

7. Findings on Osteoarchaeology Reported by Investigators at Murdoch University (Foraminifera-a New Find In the Microtaphonomical Characterization of Bones From Marine Archaeological Excavations)

Subjects
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Archaeology -- Research, Health, Murdoch University
Abstract

2021 JUL 30 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- Current study results on Osteoarchaeology have been published. According to news reporting out [...]

Published
2021

8. Remains of the Day: Explorer of Australia Is Found Down Under

Subjects
Cemeteries, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Explorers -- Investigations, Railroads, Railroad stations, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

LONDON -- The remains of a noted Royal Navy explorer who led the first known circumnavigation of Australia have been found by archaeologists excavating a burial ground where a railway [...]

Published
2019

9. Mother&child: an afternoon hike connects past and present

Author

Smith, Claire, Blau, Soren, Branson, Vincent, Copley, Vincent, and Jackson, Gary

Subjects
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Australian aborigines -- Discovery and exploration
Abstract

Something strange was sticking out of the bank of a creek. And Robert Heading, out for a walk in Redbanks Reserve, thought they looked like human bones. What had he […]

Published
2006

11. What happened when humans first arrived in Australia?

Author

Botkin-Kowacki, Eva

Subjects
Australia -- Natural history, Megafauna, Human-environment interactions -- History, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Extinction (Biology) -- History, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Eva Botkin-Kowacki Scientists often look at the peopling of Australia as a sort of benchmark for when modern humans were spreading out of Africa and establishing populations across the [...]

Published
2016

12. New excavations suggest humans reached Australia 65,000 years ago

Subjects
Archaeology, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Bangkok Desk, Jul 20, 2017 (EFE via COMTEX) -- The first settlers of Australia reached the continent 65,000 years ago, about 15,000 years earlier than experts previously thought, new archaeological [...]

Published
2017

13. Subsistence and settlement patterns in the Darwin coastal region during the late Holocene period: a preliminary report of archaeological research

Author

Burns, Trish

Subjects
Historic sites -- Research, Coastal archaeology -- Research, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Paleogeography -- Holocene, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Research
Abstract

Introduction The Darwin coastal region is a relatively neglected area in terms of archaeological research. This project seeks to amend the neglect through archaeological investigation of open sites located in [...]

Published
1999

14. Digging up the past

Subjects
Australia -- History, Excavations (Archaeology) -- History, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Real estate development -- Discovery and exploration, Architecture and design industries, Business, Business, international, Construction and materials industries
Published
2005

15. Digging in for the long haul

Author

Walton, Natalie

Subjects
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Personal narratives, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Business, Business, international, Health care industry
Published
2005

16. Digging for treasure

Author

Brownell, Ginanne

Subjects
Antiquities -- Protection and preservation, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Archeological excavation sites are known to give opportunities to local people, who would like to help finding artifacts. This gives them a chance to view artifacts in their natural state before they are displayed in the museum.

Published
2005

17. Archaeologists find proof that indigenous Australians made 'first' axe

Subjects
Australian Broadcasting Corp., Television broadcasting industry, Aboriginal Australians, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Business, general, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

MELBOURNE, May 10, 2016 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Australian archaeologists believe they have found the oldest man-made ground-edge axe in history, providing proof that humankind developed this kind of tool [...]

Published
2016

18. Art stirs uproar Down Under

Author

Holden, Constance

Subjects
Antiquities, Rock paintings -- Australia, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Science and technology
Abstract

It was almost the archaeological equivalent of finding life kin Mars. Two weeks ago, what could be the biggest archaeological news in decades erupted from the northern australian outback, with [...]

Published
1996

20. Transported to the past

Author

Hills, Ann

Subjects
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Australia -- History
Published
1990

21. FOLIO

Subjects
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Archaeology, News, opinion and commentary, Australian National University
Abstract

CANBERRA, Australia -- The following information was released by the Australian National University: CELESTIAL SPACES: PHOTOGRAPHS OF FORMER CHINESE GOLD MINING SITES IN THE SNOWY MOUNTAINS OF AUSTRALIA BY DENISE [...]

Published
2012

22. Archaeologists find 35,500-year-old stone axe in Australia

Subjects
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Archaeology, Business, general, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

CANBERRA, Nov 05, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A piece of stone axe found in the Northern Territory of Australia has been dated at 35,500 years old, making it the [...]

Published
2010

23. Australia's not-so-dry bones

Author

Innocent, Christopher

Subjects
Australian aborigines, Antiquities, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, History
Abstract

* Recent research by one of Australia's leading archaeologists has opened to question two major historical `facts' relating to the original inhabitants of the continent: their population at the time [...]

Published
1995

24. Fresh look at fossils adds 35,000 years to life of mankind

Author

Cauchi, Stephen

Subjects
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Ethiopia, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Observations, Fossils -- Research, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Feb 16, 2005 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian and US researchers have redated fossils and found the oldest known modern humans. The 'Omo' skulls were found in Ethiopia [...]

Published
2005

25. Hobbit, not dwarf

Author

Brown, Peter

Subjects
Flores (Indonesia) -- Discovery and exploration, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Indonesia, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Skeleton -- Discovery and exploration, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Jan 12, 2005 (Australasian Science - ABIX via COMTEX) Indonesian and Australian archaeologists discovered a skeleton dubbed LB1 on the Indonesian island of Flores in October 2003. They had commenced [...]

Published
2005

26. Walkabout

Author

Zielinska, Edyta

Subjects
Australian aborigines -- History, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, Biological sciences, Earth sciences, Science and technology, Zoology and wildlife conservation, History
Abstract

About 5,000 years ago, after nearly thirty millennia in Australia, Aborigines began traveling a great deal throughout the continent and sharpening their tool-making skills. Was it a baby boom that [...]

Published
2006

27. New life sciences research from Open University outlined

Subjects
Archaeological dating, Absolute dating, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Radiocarbon dating, Universities and colleges -- Australia, Archaeology, Biological sciences, Health, The Open University
Abstract

According to recent research from Milton Keynes, the United Kingdom, 'This paper reports the archaeological salvage, radiocarbon dating and analysis of seven shell midden sites located south of Port Hedland, [...]

Published
2009

28. Human origins recede in Australia

Author

Bower, Bruce

Subjects
Art, Prehistoric -- Research, Antiquities -- Research, Prehistoric peoples -- Research, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Science and technology, Research
Abstract

People go way, way back Down Under. That, at least, is the contention of scientists who have uncovered preliminary evidence that humans lived in Australia far earlier than previously thought, [...]

Published
1996

29. Australian site yields early human dates

Author

Bower, Bruce

Subjects
Australian aborigines -- Usage, Antiquities -- Usage, Thermoluminescence dating -- Usage, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Science and technology, Usage
Abstract

Australian site yields early human dates Scientists have identified Australia's oldest known human settlement, dating to approximately 50,000 years ago. The finding leads them to suggest that the initial peopling [...]

Published
1990

30. Mammal-extinction theory shaken

Author

Rensberger, Boyce

Subjects
Hunting, Primitive -- Research, Mass extinction theory -- Research, Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Extinct mammals -- Research, Mammals, Fossil -- Research, Australia -- Discovery and exploration
Published
1988

31. Dreamtime

Author

Rosenfeld, Madelon

Subjects
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Australia, Rock paintings -- Australia, Art, Australian (Aboriginal), Anthropology/archeology/folklore
Published
1988

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