Aboriginal People Archive
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AncientPages.com - Pottery was largely unknown in Australia before the recent past, despite well-known pottery traditions in nearby Papua New Guinea and the islands of the western Pacific.
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In 2015, Gkuthaarn and Kukatj community members of Queensland's Gulf Country invited us to excavate, analyze, and rebury the skeletal remains of eight
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient civilizations have always been interested in watching the skies. Solar observatories were built world-wide and astronomy played an important role is humans’
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The mysterious sand mounds in and around Mapoon, in north-eastern Australia have long been a subject of controversy. Are these puzzling mounds natural formations or were they
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Over the years, Aboriginal people have managed to preserve many memories of dramatic natural events that took place in the distant past, and once again an ancient
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - World’s largest dinosaur footprints have been discovered in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia. Dubbed “Australia’s Jurassic Park”, footprints belonging to 21
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - By studying ancient DNA we can get a good glimpse into the distant past and learn about our ancestors. Scientists have now examined
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Myths & Legends
AncientPages.com - Aboriginal legends could offer a vast untapped record of natural history, including meteorite strikes, stretching back thousands of years, according to new UNSW research. Dr Duane Hamacher
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