Artefacts
Which red substance, often used in Aboriginal ceremonies, was found in the burial?
What is ochre?
In what year were the skeletons at Rock Flat Creek first discovered?
What is 1991?
What did the Bundian Way connect?
What is the mountains and the sea?
Who discovered the bones at Rock Flat Creek in 1991 while repairing a fence?
Who is farmer Jim?
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Archaeologists uncovered more than 100 pierced ___, which were likely part of a necklace.
What are kangaroo teeth?
Spina Bifida
The journey spanned approximately 365km, describe a technique the Ngarigo people used to find the path back to the mountains.
Light fires that would burn the earth but, come spring, that earth would be rich in vegetation and would lead them home.
Small samples of human bone were taken to the ANU for studying, what technique did they use there?
Radiocarbon dating.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Why did the presence of grave goods (tools and ornaments) help archaeologists identify the burial as Aboriginal rather than European?
What is because European settlers were not buried with animal bones, jewellery, or ochre?
The fibulae of skeleton 2 shows evidence of Harris Lines, suggesting that there were periods of this during their lifetime.
Starvation.
The Ngarigo community were efficient builders, name two items they built on their journey to the coast.
Mia-Mias and canoes to get across the river.
What is the most common M&M colour
Blue
If archaeologists today discovered a burial with a kangaroo-jaw scraper, what might this suggest about the lifestyle of that community?
What is that they used available animal resources for tools and daily survival tasks?
Why was the police’s initial handling of the skeletons (removing and mixing bones and artefacts) a serious problem for archaeologists?
What is because it destroyed context, made interpretation less reliable, and risked losing cultural respect for the remains?
Why did Aboriginal Australians follow this path thousands of years ago? List two.
What is to gather seasonal food, trade, and spiritual ceremonies?
Describe one problem caused by the police’s handling of the site before archaeologists arrived.
What is that bones and artefacts were mixed together, the burial context was disturbed, and valuable evidence was nearly lost?
In 2024, which country won the men’s FIFA World Cup?
What is Argentina?
Why is the Rock Flat Creek necklace considered such an important artefact for understanding Deep Time Australia?
What is because jewellery is extremely rare, it shows symbolic/cultural practices, and only three similar finds exist in the country?
Radiocarbon dating showed the skeletons lived around 7,000 years ago. How does this change our understanding of human history in NSW?
What is it proves Aboriginal people had lived and thrived in the region thousands of years before European arrival?
Why do Aboriginal communities continue to walk the Bundian Way today?
What is to preserve culture, honour ancestors, and educate future generations?
Why was the Rock Flat Creek burial such a significant find for both historians and the Ngarigo community?
What is because it provided the oldest burial evidence in NSW, contained rare grave goods like a kangaroo-tooth necklace, and strengthened the cultural and historical recognition of the Ngarigo people’s long presence on the Monaro Plain?
Which planet in our solar system has the most moons?
What is Saturn?