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Aboriginal Australian Ochre and Stone Tool Exchange (c. 40,000 BP–1900 CE)

Aboriginal Australian Ochre and Stone Tool Exchange (c. 40,000 BP–1900 CE)

  1. Ochre processing documented at Madjedbebe

    Labels: Madjedbebe, ochre processing

  2. Red ochre burial practice at Lake Mungo

    Labels: Lake Mungo, Mungo Man

  3. Long-term mining begins at Wilgie Mia

    Labels: Wilgie Mia, Thuwarri Thaa

  4. Ochre and tools persist through Last Glacial Maximum

    Labels: Last Glacial, northern Australia

  5. Holocene expansion supports wider exchange networks

    Labels: Holocene expansion, regional networks

  6. Mount William greenstone axes traded widely

    Labels: Mount William, greenstone axes

  8. Macassan trepang trade reshapes northern exchanges

    Labels: Macassan trepangers, Arnhem Land

  9. Pituri carrier collected, documenting exchange material culture

    Labels: pituri carrier, museum collection

  10. Australian Government bans most Macassan trepangers

    Labels: Australian Government, Macassan visits

  11. Ethnographic study describes Central Australian ochre mining

    Labels: Warlpiri, ochre mining

  12. Wilgie Mia enters Australia’s National Heritage List

    Labels: Wilgie Mia, National Heritage