Saturday, June 20, 2015
Indigenous midden - between about Pambula River / Severs' Beach to beyond Haycock, Ben Boyd National Park.
The Pambula River and Lake
were a focus of activity by the local Aboriginal peoples. M. E. Sullivan's test
excavations on shell mounds on the shores of Pambula Lake
generated radio carbon dates indicating that the site had been in use for more
than 3,000 years. The midden deposits contained shell (mainly mud oyster and
mussel); fish bones; and the bones of kangaroos, wallabies, potoroos and
tree-dwelling marsupials; as well as flaked stone artefacts. Further information will be posted here as it is researched.
Labels:
Aboriginal,
Bega Valley Shire,
Ben Boyd National Park,
conservation,
Eden,
Haycock,
heritage,
history,
indigenous,
midden,
Pambula,
Pambula Lake,
Pambula River,
pre-history,
protection,
Severs' Beach,
Sullivan,
Yuin
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