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AN ANALYSIS OF CHARRED BONE FROM DEVIL'S LAIR, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Author(s) -
Balme Jane
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
archaeology and physical anthropology in oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.501
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1834-4453
pISSN - 0003-8121
DOI - 10.1002/j.1834-4453.1980.tb00324.x
Subject(s) - cave , archaeology , geography , human bone , biology , biochemistry , in vitro
CHARRED bone from Devil's Lair is mostly the remains of meals eaten by people who lived there. The cave was most intensively occupied between 23,000 and 13,000 years ago when it was never less than 25 km and at times as much as 40 km from the sea. The charred bone sample indicates that large mammals, including kangaroos and wallabies, were important food sources during this time and that the human occupants of the cave had a well established land economy.