Kieran McGee, Justine Kemp, Joshua Gorringe, George Gorringe, Trudy Gorringe
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Multi-Century Grindstone Quarrying at Brumby Yard, Queensland
The timing and duration of prehistoric quarrying is poorly understood within Australia, with limited ages available for quarries owing to the difficulties in dating these rock-sediment constructions. We report the first multi-sample, optically stimulated luminescence ages from quarry pits in Brumby Yard, an Aboriginal grindstone quarry situated in the Channel Country region of Western Queensland. Our results indicate three pit abandonments at ∼970, ∼600 and ∼540 years ago. Our results present the first absolute dating evidence that quarrying was a complex, multi-century practice with the use of open sections of the quarry in the presence of abandoned pits.
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Archaeology in Oceania is published online and in print versions three times a year: April, July, October. It accepts articles and research reports in prehistoric and historical archaeology, modern material culture and human biology of ancient and modern human populations. Its primary geographic focus is Australia, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and lands of the western Pacific rim. All articles and research reports accepted as being within the remit of the journal and of appropriate standard will be reviewed by two scholars; authors will be informed of these comments though not necessarily of the reviewer’s names.