They Survived Giant Animals: Discoveries Reveal 65,000 Year History of Australian Aboriginal People
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Madjedbebe site custodian May Nango and excavation leader Chris Clarkson in the pit. Photo: Dominic O’Brien.
Dr Clarkson said more than 10,000 artefacts were revealed in the lowest layer at the site.
“The site contains the oldest ground-edge stone axe technology in the world, the oldest known seed-grinding tools in Australia and evidence of finely made stone points which may have served as spear tips,” he said.
Axes and grinding stones from the Pleistocene found in the excavations.
“Most striking of all, in a region known for its spectacular rock art, are the huge quantities of ground ochre and evidence of ochre processing found at the site, from the older layer continuing through to the present.”
In addition to showing the deep antiquity of Aboriginal occupation, the dig revealed new evidence of activities and lifestyle.
Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation Chief Executive Officer Justin O’Brien said a landmark agreement had made it possible for Dr Clarkson and colleagues to dig the site.
“This study shatters previous understandings of the sophistication of the Aboriginal toolkit and underscores the universal importance of the Jabiluka area,” Mr O’Brien said.
The study, funded through an Australian Research Council Discovery Project grant, promotes discussion about the timing and ways that modern humans first left Africa.
Other UQ researchers involved in the study included Dr Tiina Manne, Dr Andrew Fairburn, Professor James Schulmeister and Kate Connell.
Numerous completed and continuing PhD and honours students Dr Kelsey Low, Dr Xavier Carah, Anna Florin, Delyth Cox, Jessica McNeil and Kasih Norman collaborated on the study.
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