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Australia: The Land Where Time Began |
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Colless Creek Rock Shelter It is situated in Lawn Hill Gorge area. Traces of occupation more than 17,000 years old have been found on the Barkly Tableland in north-western Queensland. Colless Creek Rock Shelter, is the only good rock shelter along 40 km of Colless Creek. It is a deep and well-sheltered. The area, north-west of Mt Isa, has spectacular gorges, permanent rivers and waterholes with plenty of fish, shellfish, pandanus nuts and cycad palms. The Colless Creek site is a very rich site, with an average density of 50,000 artefacts per cubic metre. There were 500,000 artefacts in the top cubic metre of the excavation. Occupation at Colless Creek goes back more than 17,550 years - the oldest date from shells on the site. The conditions in the area of the site were considerably drier over the last 18,000 years than during the preceding phase. Human occupation is thought to extend back to about 30,000 years BP, and possibly much further. See Aboriginal Occupation of south central Tasmania
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Author: M.H.Monroe Email: admin@austhrutime.com Sources & Further reading |