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Names

Name PrimaryNgaut Ngaut (Devon Downs) Excavation Assemblage

Name AlternateDevon Downs

Name AbbreviatedNgaut Ngaut

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ID LocalSAMA 31

ID UriOffline Only

Descriptions

Brief DescriptionNgaut Ngaut is a rockshelter on the Murray River, Lower Murray Valley, South Australia. The excavation of this rock shelter took place from 1927-8 by South Australian Museum officers Herbert Hale and Norman Tindale and was the first formal archaeological excavation undertaken in Australia. The assemblage includes stone tools, animal bones, shellfish and other organics. Some human remains were also extracted from this site, and these are housed with the Human Biology collection, awaiting repatriation. Ochred artwork was identified on rock fallen into the base of the excavation.

NoteBasis of honours research thesis by Michael Smith, Australian National University, Canberra.

Subjects

scotAboriginal art; Aboriginal peoples; Artefacts; Excavations (Archaeology); Tools

aptAboriginal artefacts; Aboriginal culture; Aboriginal peoples (Australians); Stone tools

pontAnimal bones; Artworks; Stone tools

localAnimal bones; Archaeological excavation; Archaeology; Excavation Assemblage; Ochred artwork; Organics; Rockshelter; Shellfish; Stone tools

person_orgHerbert Hale; Norman Tindale

Coverage Spatial

TextLower Murray Valley; Murray River; Ngaut Ngaut; South Australia

Coverage Temporal

To1928

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Dates

Date Record Updated2012-05-30 23:41

Date Created in MME2011-03-18 19:16