A 38,000‐year‐old archaeological site at Upper Swan, Western Australia
- 1 October 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Archaeology in Oceania
- Vol. 16 (3) , 173-178
- https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1834-4453.1981.tb00028.x
Abstract
An extensive open‐air site, on an ancient floodplain bordering the Swan River, has been partially uncovered by a clay pit operation. Preliminary excavations of small areas have yielded stone artefacts intimately associated with charcoal and carbonized material, possibly resin. A series of radiocarbon measurements place the site among the earliest yet known from Australia, and indicate that the southwestern corner of the continent was populated by about 40,000 years ago.Keywords
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