Australian Aboriginal Prehistoric Sites

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[edit] Australian Aboriginal Pleistocene Sites and Dates

Key:

  • BGS = Below Ground Surface
  • C12 = Radiocarbon date
  • char. = charcoal
  • OSL = Optical Stimulated Thermoluminescence
  • AA = Australian Archaeology

- Location Data -

Locality Lab No. Age Yrs BP Type of Date Type of Site
Northern Territory
Malakunanja II (Roberts et al. Nature 1990 KTL 162 61,000 +9,000/-13,000 OSL Lowest artefact at 260cm 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 and grindstone
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 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
Puritjarra (M.A.Smith Nature 1987) Beta 19901 21,950 +-270 C14 char. Artefacts below this estimated to be 30,000 BP
Western Australia
Rottnest Island (Charles Dortch, West Aust 23 June 2003) ANU & James Cook Uni 70,000 +10,000/-20,000 U/Th C14 flint tool embedded in Tamala limestone (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
Devils Lair (Dortch 1984) SUA 585/6 32,800 +-830 C14 char. Pooled age
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