Multi‐Century Grindstone Quarrying at Brumby Yard, Queensland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6038779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kieran Mcgee (0000-0003-3897-1024, School of Humanities The University of Sydney Camperdown Australia), Justine Kemp (0000-0003-0472-6960, School of Environment and Science Griffith University Nathan Australia), Joshua Gorringe (Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation Windorah Australia), George Gorringe (Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation Windorah Australia), Trudy Gorringe (Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation Windorah Australia) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 176-186 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0728-4896 • E-ISSN: 1834-4453 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/arco.5352 |
| OpenAlex | W4411042450 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 45 |
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
Archaeology · Geography · Geomorphology · Plucking · Prehistory · Yard · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology
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