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Alan
Williams
Fenner School of Environment and Society
Australian National University
Canberra
ACT 0200
Australia
Record ID | 10829 |
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Site | Flinders St (Cape Bridgewater) |
IBRA Region | Naracoorte Coastal Plain |
Longitude | 141.4 |
Latitude | -38.37 |
Site Type | Midden |
Lab Code | Wk-9606 |
Age | 1638 |
Error | 48 |
Date Issues | Date not associated with human activity, or is problematic for time-series analysis - see Notes |
Material | Paphies sp. Shell |
Context | Sq. 1, spit 10 |
Depth from surface (cm) | 50 |
Method | Radiocarbon |
Data pertinent for time-series analysis or calibration | Unusuable |
Open or closed site | Closed |
Directly related to occupation? | U |
Source | Richards & Johnston, 2004. (Full bibliographic references are available from the Downloads page) |
Notes | A salvage excavation undertaken of three discrete middens around Cape Bridgewater, as part of a field school/training exercise. Investigation included a series of augers to identify the broad location of the midden followed by excavation. One test pits was undertaken at Flinders St midden, and identified seven stratigraphic layers (in a nearby road cutting). Only layers 2-4 (22 cm thick) were found to retain midden material, with lower cultural material coming from above. Eight species of shellfish were identified, with an MNI of 2178. 87% were of Narrow Wedge shell followed by Beaked Mussel. This sample comes from a shell probably originating in layers 2-4, but ending up in layer 10 through later activities (such as pit digging from the upper deposits). |