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Names

Name PrimaryFromm's Landing Excavation Assemblage

Name AlternateFromm's Landing

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ID LocalSAMA 32

ID UriOffline Only

Descriptions

Brief DescriptionFromm's Landing assemblage was excavated by renowned archaeologist Derek John Mulvaney from 1956-1960. This site is on the Murray River, Lower Murray Valley, South Australia and Mulvaney carried out a very deep excavation in this rockshelter. 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. Of much interest at the time was the find of a complete dingo skeleton. This specimen was dated to 3,300 years old, making it the oldest dingo specimen thus found in Australia.

NoteBasis of honours research thesis by Amy Roberts, Flinders University, South Australia.

Subjects

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

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

localAnimal bones; Archaeological excavation; Archaeology; Dingo skeleton; Excavation Assemblage; Organics; Rockshelter; Shellfish; Stone tools

pontAnimal bones; Stone tools

person_orgDerek John Mulvaney

Coverage Spatial

TextSouth Australia; Fromm's Landing; Lower Murray Valley; Murray River

Coverage Temporal

From3500 BP

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Dates

Date Record Updated2012-05-30 23:41

Date Created in MME2011-03-18 22:57