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How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia

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posted on 2023-12-07, 04:55 authored by Caroline SpryCaroline Spry, Brian ArmstrongBrian Armstrong, Elspeth Hayes, John WebbJohn Webb, Kathryn Allen, Lisa Paton, Quan Hua, Richard Fullagar

Trees marked by Aboriginal cultural practices are a distinctive part of the Australian landscape. A recent discovery on Wiradjuri country in New South Wales shows some of these “culturally modified trees” may be much younger than anybody thought.

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2020-06-11

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The Conversation

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The Conversation Media Group Ltd

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Carlton, Victoria, Australia

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© The Authors 2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/)

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    ArchaeologyAboriginal cultureAboriginal cultural heritage

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