Focused, intense and long-term: evidence for granular ark (Anadara granosa) exploitation from late Holocene shell mounds of Blue Mud Bay, northern Australia

Faulkner, Patrick

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2008.11.005

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“…The past decade has seen a rise in research in the Gulf of Carpentaria addressing regional gaps in understandings of the antiquity and nature of island use (Sim and Wallis, 2008) and human responses to midto-late Holocene patterns of local-and broad-scale climatic and environmental change (Faulkner, 2008(Faulkner, , 2009Hiscock and Faulkner, 2006;Sim and Wallis, 2008). However, as the dataset increases so too does the evidence for continuity of island and landscape use throughout the marine transgression (Barker, 2004;David et al, 2004;O'Connor, 1999;Wright, 2011).…”

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Mid-Holocene Aboriginal occupation of offshore islands in northern Australia? A reassessment of Wurdukanhan, Mornington Island, southern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia

Rosendahl

Ulm

Sloss

et al. 2015

Quaternary International

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Claims for mid-Holocene Aboriginal occupation at the shell matrix site of Wurdukanhan, Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, are reassessed through an analysis of the excavated assemblage coupled with new surveys and an extensive dating program. Memmott et al. (2006, pp. 38, 39) reported basal ages of c.5000-5500 years from Wurdukanhan as 'the oldest date yet obtained for any archaeological site on the coast of the southern Gulf of Carpentaria' and used these dates to argue for 'a relatively lengthy occupation since at least the mid-Holocene'. If substantiated, with the exception of western Torres Strait, these claims make Mornington Island the only offshore island used across northern Australia in the mid-Holocene where it is conventionally thought that Aboriginal people only (re)colonised islands after sea-level maximum was achieved after the mid-Holocene. Our analysis of Wurdukanhan demonstrate high shellfish taxa diversity, high rates of natural shell predation and high densities of foraminifera throughout the deposit demonstrating a natural origin for the assemblage. Results are considered in the context of other dated shell matrix sites in the area and a geomorphological model for landscape development of the Sandalwood River catchment.2

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confidence: 99%

Mid-Holocene Aboriginal occupation of offshore islands in northern Australia? A reassessment of Wurdukanhan, Mornington Island, southern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia

Rosendahl

Ulm

Sloss

et al. 2015

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“…Allen 1978Allen , 1996Allen and Barton 1989;Bourke et al 2007;Brockwell et al 2009;Faulkner 2009;Jones 1969;Taçon and Brockwell 1995). Chappell and Shackleton (1986:137; see also Woodroffe et al 1989) suggest that seas rose from -130 m to -12 m between 19,000 and 8000 BP, flooding the Sahul land bridge and encroaching on present-day Arnhem Land.…”

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The rock art of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II)

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Wright³

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The Archaeology of Rock Art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia

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“…Allen 1978Allen , 1996Bourke et al 2007;Brockwell et al 2009;Faulkner 2009;Jones 1969;Taçon and Brockwell 1995 A link may exist between changes in human settlement and the development of estuarine and then freshwater floodplain environments. Between 7000 and 5000 BP new sites appear, including shell middens (Ngarradj Warde Djobkeng, Madjedbebe, Nawamoyn and Malangangerr) containing species of shellfish, fish and crab associated with mangroves and mudflats (Allen 1996:198; Schrire 1982:233).…”

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“…Climate change during the late Holocene Faulkner (2009Faulkner ( , 2011 notes that across northern Australia, Holocene climate change occurred in tandem with sea-level rise, and stabilisation strongly influenced coastal ecology. Denniston et al (2013) show that past activity of the Indonesian-Australian Summer Monsoon (IASM), InterTropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) may have driven precipitation variability since at least the mid-Holocene.…”

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The Archaeology of Rock Art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia

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terra australis 47Terra Australis reports the results of archaeological and related research within the south and east of Asia, though mainly Australia, New Guinea and Island Melanesia -lands that remained terra australis incognita to generations of prehistorians. Its subject is the settlement of the diverse environments in this isolated quarter of the globe by peoples who have maintained their discrete and traditional ways of life into the recent recorded or remembered past and at times into the observable present. Copyright of the text remains with the authors, 2017. This book is copyright in all countries subscribing to the Berne convention. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Inquiries should be made to the publisher. List of volumes in Terra AustralisTerra Australis Editorial Board: Sue O'Connor, Jack Golson, Simon Haberle, Sally Brockwell, Geoffrey Clark. .6 Long-necked spearthrowers from other locations as recorded by , Lewis (1998), and Welch (1997). 74 .2 This painting depicts a predatory quadruped with a distinctively developed head and muzzle region unlike a thylacine. It is suggested that the robust proportions of the head represent a morphology similar to that of the marsupial lion Thylacoleo carnifex. 149x The Archaeology of Rock Art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia terra australis 47 .27 Square P after completion of excavation showing south and west walls (the green string is the south side of the square). Note the flat rock surface at base. 266Figure 11.28 Square P east and south sections, with XUs and radiocarbon dates back-plotted. 267Figure 11.29 Square P showing sediments at the base of A: XU16 (average basal depth = 22 cm below ground), a stratigraphic level above that of the dried paint drops; B: XU21 (average basal depth = 28 cm below ground), a stratigraphic level below that of the dried paint drops; C: XU18 (average basal depth = 24 cm below ground), at the stratigraphic level containing the dried paint drops, here visible as lighter-coloured patches. 268 Figure 11.30 Profile view (top) and interpretation (bottom) of GPR data from the southeast to northwest ends of the rockshelter passing through Square P. 270 Figure 11.31 Bayesian age model for Square P produced with OxCal v4.2 (see text for discussion). 272 .37 Edge of the densely pillared, slightly elevated area to the south of the shelter. 280 Figure 11.38 Projected view of the Nawarla Gabarnmang shelter and the densely pillared edge of the slightly elevated area to the south. 281 Figure 11.39 Geomorphological reconstitution of the area around Square P. 284Figure 11.40 Square P: Distribution of stone artefacts and bone + teeth (excluding a particularly large stone artefact weighing 164.0 g from XU3, to enable better visualisation of the overall distribution down the XU profile). 286 Table 2.3 Radiocarbon dates on charcoal from Test Pits B and C, MN05. 36 Table 3.1 Gen...

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Focused, intense and long-term: evidence for granular ark (Anadara granosa) exploitation from late Holocene shell mounds of Blue Mud Bay, northern Australia

Cited by 56 publications

References 74 publications

Mid-Holocene Aboriginal occupation of offshore islands in northern Australia? A reassessment of Wurdukanhan, Mornington Island, southern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia

Mid-Holocene Aboriginal occupation of offshore islands in northern Australia? A reassessment of Wurdukanhan, Mornington Island, southern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia

The rock art of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II)

The Archaeology of Rock Art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia

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