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... however somewhat surprising. It is believed that this result is possibly related, in part, to land degradation and the high levels of erosion that have taken place over the last 150 years or so (see =-=Fanning 1999-=-). The majority of artefact types recorded in the Stage 1 proposal area were flakes, cores, flaked pieces and flake portions, however a range of other artefact types were observed and recorded. Techno...

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... Stage 1 survey. Stone Procurement Areas (SPAs) Throughout Australia various stone and mineral substances were collected and sometimes quarried to make stone implements and pigments of various kinds (=-=Hiscock and Mitchell 1993-=-; Mulvaney and Kamminga 1999:27-31). Sandstone also was quarried in large slabs for use as grindstones in milling seeds for flour. Pebble beds in watercourses were often ideal places to collect suitab...

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...ures exist that are associated with mining including settlements, old roadways, miners’ camps, and graves. Pastoral history and heritage is a fundamental component of the heritage of far western NSW (=-=Hope 2006-=-). The expanded Stage 1 study area encompasses a series of modern pastoral stations that correspond to parts of the earlier Mount Gipps and Mundi Mundi Stations. The modern day stations include Purnam...

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...meter from 50 to 180 cm and are composed of local stone and occasionally with rare pieces of burnt termite mound. This type of fireplace is described in the diary of the explorer Daniel George Brock (=-=Peake-Jones 1988-=-). The feature consists of a shallow pit excavated into the ground surface in which a fire was lit on top of a layer of stones. It is believed that when the stones were hot, food was placed on the sto...