Ancient Australia
How long ago did they live?
40,000-42,000 years ago
Advantages of the discovery?
Revealed to Europeans that Aboriganal australians are the oldest living society.
Age at death and cause?
18-25, unknown
What was his influnce like during life?
Likely a figure of extreme importance aboriginal people.
Where were they discovered?
Lake Mungo in the Wilandra Lakes region of West, NSW
How long have Aborignal australians lived on the continent?
65,000 years
What year and month was Mungo man returned?
November 2017
What year was Mungo lady returned?
1992
Who discovered the bodies?
Geologist, Jim Bowler
During what Epoch were they alive?
Plestocine Epoch (Ice age)
Name 3 reasons communities were upset with the handling of the bodies?
Removal could've damaged them, Handled uncermoiusly, burial rights were disrupted
How where remains treated & when was she removed from her burial site?
Her remains where shoved in a small suitcase in 1969.
Cause of death? At what age?
natural causes related to old age and physical wear at 50.
What year and month was Mungo man discovered?
February 1974
They are not Nendarntal remains they are....
Earliest known homosapien remains outside of Africa.
Why were no aborigianal groups consulted in the removal of the bodies?
Jim Bower did not realise they exisited?
What ritualistic process was done on her body?
Cremated then her her bones were shattered into 175 bone fragments.
What teeth were deliberately extracted?
Two lower canine teeth missing.
What year and month was Mungo Lady discovered?
July 1968
Name of Australias oldest inhabited space.
Madjedbebe rock shelter
What were the Aboriganal owners in the area?
Paakantji (Barkindji), Mutthi Mutthi, and Ngiyampaa peoples
Shes the earilest evidence of what burial practice?
She's the earliest known evidence of cremation in the world.
What 2 reasons was him being buried with red ochre significant?
Red ochre was is not local to the lake and was transported from hundreds of kilometers away, indicating high cultural significance, ritual birual pracites with complex systems of belif.
How can we date a cave?
Opitcally stimulated luminesece.