2024
DOI: 10.1002/arco.5313
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First Nations pre‐LGM ochre processing in Parramatta, NSW, Australia

Timothy Owen,
Simon Munt,
Sam Player
et al.

Abstract: Previous archaeological evidence and published analysis has suggested that ochre was first used in the Sydney Basin around 9000 years ago, and that the Parramatta region may not have been occupied by First Nations peoples before ∼14 ka. We present new evidence which firmly places both events before the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Multiple ochre fragments, two with microscopically visible evidence of anthropogenic grinding, were recovered from the George Street Gatehouse site within the Parramatta Sand Body (PS… Show more

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