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A large area archaeological excavation at Cuddie Springs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Judith Field ,
Richard Fullagar  and
Garry Lord
Judith Field
Affiliation:
Archaeology, A14, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Richard Fullagar
Affiliation:
School of Geosciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia
Garry Lord
Affiliation:
Brewarrina Local Aboriginal Land Council, Bathurst Street, Brewarrina NSW 2839, Australia
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Abstract

Large area excavation at Cuddie Springs has revealed that the Pleistocene sediments have remained undisturbed. This eliminates the possibility that stone artefacts found in association with megafauna may have been introduced by disturbance from higher levels and indicates an overlap of megafauna with humans of at least 10,000 years.

Keywords

megafaunaCuddie Springsstone artefactsenvironmental change
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News & Notes
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Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 290 , December 2001 , pp. 696 - 702
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001

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