Ancient lead weight found with Loisels Pumice near Hook Point, Fraser Island, Queensland

Bibliographic Data

ID6038450
AuthorsW T Ward (Division of Australian Environmental Studies Griffith University Nathan Qld 4111), I P Little (Formerly CSIRO, Division of Soils Brisbane), Ip Little (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Gordon Roberts (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), G M Roberts (Formerly CSIRO, Division of Soils Brisbane), Brian L Gulson (0000-0002-4741-0926, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), B M O''Leary, Bm O''Leary, Bm O'Leary (Queensland University of Technology), B M O'Leary (formerly Physics Department Queensland University of Technology Brisbane Qld 4001), David M Price (0000-0001-7907-8457, University of Wollongong)
Year1999
Volume34
Issue1
Pages25-30
Publication date1999-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0728-4896 • E-ISSN: 1834-4453
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.1834-4453.1999.tb00423.x
OpenAlexW2061466992
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited12

A lead weight was recovered between 2.2 and 2.4 m depth in stranded beach sands at the southern end of Fraser Island. Its isotope values indicate a close affinity with lead from mines in France. Pumice found with the lead occurs elsewhere at sites dated 480±100 y BP and 520±75 y BP, and one fragment appears to be Loisels Pumice, for which a similar radiocarbon age has been reported from New Zealand. The data are difficult to assess but suggest that the lead weight could have reached this ancient beach between 1410 and 1630 AD

Archaeology · Geochemistry · Geography · Lead (geology · Pumice · Radiocarbon dating · Volcano · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology

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