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Wamba yadu, a later Holocene cemetery of the central River Murray
Author(s) -
Pardoe Colin
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
archaeology in oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1834-4453
pISSN - 0728-4896
DOI - 10.1002/j.1834-4453.1993.tb00318.x
Subject(s) - holocene , archaeology , river valley , geography , erosion , geology , paleontology
Forty seven burials exposed by erosion at Wamba yadu dune, near the River Murray in northwestern Victoria, were mapped and information on age, sex, orientation and method of burial collected. Data collection was restricted by preservation and exposure. This locality is a cemetery. Orientation of graves appears typical of the central Murray region, with most heads towards WSW and a small number towards NNE. Children made up 11% of the group. Wamba yadu was probably in use during the last 3000 years, with ‘household’ or living occupation preceding the cemetery and starting in the mid to early Holocene when the landscape was being formed.