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WURDI YOUANG: AN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL …

traditional owners via Aboriginal Affairs Victoria. Wurdi Youang consists of a roughly egg-shaped ring of about 100 basalt stones, about 50 m in diameter along the major axis, which is aligned east-west. The stones range from small rocks about 0.2 m in diameter to standing stones up to 0.75 m high, some of which

Historical Context

63,000 BCE. The exact arrival in people in Australia is unknown. However, 10,000 artefacts including 1,500 stone tools, a grinding stone and ground ochres recently discovered in the Madjedbebe rock shelter (previously …

Ran-thok and Ling-chhom: indigenous grinding stones …

2004). The term grinding stone in this paper refers to the use of two stone grinding plates between which the materials, most often cereals are grounded. The process of using stones to grind cereals into flour or meal is an ancient tradition. Neolithic and Upper Paleolithic people used millstones to

Aboriginal Rock Art around Sydney

The McPherson State Forest, near Mangrove Mountain, contains over 200 mapped sites of cave paintings, rock engravings and grinding grooves. Although a network of forestry trails criss-cross the area, none of the Aboriginal sites are signposted or easily accessible. The Warre Warren Aboriginal Place is within McPherson State Forest.

The National Museum | Nicaragua

Interesting maps about the presence of minerals in different areas Nicaragua are shown, as well as information about the geological formation and the country's climate. ... The exposition includes panels that demonstrate the usage of these metates (or 'indigenous grinding stones'), and of course there are many different metates on display ...

Fact sheet: Aboriginal grinding stones

Grinding stones are usually found where Aboriginal people lived and camped. For example, they have been found in shell middens and rock shelters, and at open camp sites and …

Aboriginal Grinding Grooves at Kings Tableland …

Take the track under the plateau and you will see the oldest Aboriginal site in the Blue Mountains, with kangaroo/wallaby and emu track artwork. Soil deposits and stones found in the core date back 22, 000 years. These …

Who were the world's first bakers?

This Aboriginal grinding stone, with depressions caused by grinding seeds and ochre, is located in South Australia's Innamincka Regional Reserve (Credit: Ian Beattie/Alamy)

Grindstone – ancient multi-tools – Queensland …

Grindstones can be identified by their shape and wear patterns. Some are deeply abraded, with surfaces often worn smooth …

Fact sheet: Aboriginal flaked stone tools

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Food or fibercraft? Grinding stones and Aboriginal use of …

Plant tissue and wooden objects are rare in the Australian archaeological record but distinctive stone tools such as grinding stones and ground-edge hatchets …

Wailwan grindstone

The biggest estate on Earth: How Aborigines made Australia. Allen & Unwin. First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander grindstone. Found in the Cuddie Springs archaeological site, the Wailwan …

TEACHING NOTES Traditional Aboriginal Tools (eBook)

9 Grinding stones were among the largest stone implements of Aboriginal people. They were used to crush, grind or pound different materials. A main function of grinding stones was to process many types of food for cooking. Bracken fern roots, bulbs, tubers and berries, as well as insects,

Cuddie Springs Archaeological Site, New South Wales

Fragments of grinding stones dating back 30,000 years to late in the Pleistocene Epoch have been found at Cuddie Springs in western NSW. ... We pay our respect to Aboriginal Elders and recognise their continuous connection to Country. This website may contain names, images and voices of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. ...

Food or fibercraft? Grinding stones and Aboriginal use of …

We argue that Aboriginal exploitation of dia spinifex for fiber was probably more common than previously thought, and that key to its exploitation and archaeological identification are re-assessment of grinding/pounding stones, including handstones, hatchet heads, mortars, lower grinding dishes and bedrock grinding …

Place Identification ABORIGINAL GRINDING STONES

Grinding stones are usually found where Aboriginal people lived and camped. For example, they have been found in shell middens and rock shelters, and at open camp sites and …

Fact sheet: Aboriginal ground-edge axes

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Mithaka: Heart of Australia's 2,100-year-old Aboriginal Silk …

More than 2,100 years ago, Australia's Aboriginal Mithaka people were likely domesticating plants and quarrying stones on an industrial scale to make seed-grinding implements. The Mithaka stone implements were traded along a transcontinental trade network that researchers have described as Australia's "Silk Road," reports ABC.

Aboriginal grinding stone (mortar)

This grinding stone (mortar) was used by Aboriginal people to grind or crush different materials such as berries and seeds for food production. In order to grind material, a smaller upper stone (the pestle) would have been used to grind material against this lower stone (the mortar).

Fact sheet: Aboriginal axe-grinding grooves

How did Aboriginal people produce axe-grinding grooves? Aboriginal people used axe-grinding grooves to finish partly made axes (known as 'axe blanks') or sharpen axes that were worn or chipped. Axe blanks are pieces of stone that Aboriginal people chipped into a basic axe shape at stone quarries and sharpened by rubbing the edges over ...

Aboriginal Science Tools: the Morah Stone

It is a very handy tool. Most morahs have roughly parallel incised grooves running across the grinding surface perpendicular to the axis of the stone. These grooves or incisions would most likely have …

Ran-thok and Ling-chhom: indigenous grinding …

The paper aims to document the rich cultural heritage of grinding stone implements, Ran-thok (rotary quern) and Ling-chhom (nutting stone) used by the Shertukpens for grinding and nutting of ...

TUGGERANONG [2] A heritage tour of

The grinding grooves are located on an area of exposed fl at rock, up-slope from the two eucalypt trees. Aboriginal people used this area extensively for grinding stones into sharp edges for use as axes. There are some 50 shallow grooves worn into the surface of the exposed sandstone rock extending over several metres. Axe grinding

Indigenous Knowledge | Grinding Stone Collective

Grinding Stone Collective Inc. is a grassroots 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to creating meaningful events, workshops, classes and databases for Indigenous communities. Our core mission is to build strong, self-sustaining Indigenous communities and to build connections between urban and rural natives. We are committed to creating innovative, …

The efficiency of Australian grindstones for processing seed: …

Introduction. Over past few decades a vigorous debate has emerged over the role played by grindstones in past Aboriginal lifeways; in particular, the antiquity of seed grinding, the importance of specialised tools (millstones), the role of seeds in the long-term exploitation of arid environments, the labour investment in seed collection and …

(PDF) Food or fibercraft? Grinding stones and Aboriginal

Plant tissue and wooden objects are rare in the Australian archaeological record but distinctive stone tools such as grinding stones and ground-edge hatchets are relatively common, and they ...

Stones, stories and ceremonies: A Gamilaraay, …

Most Aboriginal tools are multifunctional. For example, coolamons and shields are used not only for carrying babies but also used as digging implements, water carriers and for winnowing. Other tools, such as hand …

Historical Context

Microfossils and artefact residue found on grinding stones in the deepest and most dense part of the excavation reveal that Aboriginal people also collected and processed plant foods. Madjedbebe is the earliest …

Fact sheet: Aboriginal stone arrangements

Aboriginal people also made stone shelters, traps for fish and eels, and hunting blinds. All these stone structures have obvious practical functions, unlike Aboriginal stone arrangements. Why are Aboriginal stone arrangements important? Aboriginal stone arrangements provide a rare glimpse into the fabric of past Aboriginal society.

Food or fibercraft? Grinding stones and Aboriginal use of …

Grinding stones and Aboriginal use of dia grass (spinifex) Elspeth Hayes a, Richard Fullagar a, *, Ken Mulvaney b, Kate Connell c a Centre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia b Rio Tinto Iron Ore, Dampier, Western Australia, Australia c School of Social ...

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