Coobool Creek
Coolbool Creek is an archaeological site site near the Wakool River in New South Wales, Australia. It is about half way between Swan Hill and Deniliquin.[1] The site is near Doherty's Hut at Coobool Crossing, although the exact spot is unknown.[2]
G. M. Black found 126 skulls at the site in 1950.[1] It has been difficult to give an exact age for the skulls, but one has been dated to 14,300 years ago.[1] Some of the skulls also show artificial cranial deformation.[3] The age, location, and deformities make the site similar to another Pleistocene site at Kow Swamp.[2][4] Some scientists have said that this shows they were part of the same population, but others have disagreed.[1] Because Coolbool Creek skulls were found on the surface it is difficult to date them, and other scientists have argued that they might be much older.[1]
The skulls were kept at the University of Melbourne until 1984. They were returned to the local Aboriginal communities and reburied.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Monroe, M. H.. Coobool Creek. Australia: The Land Where Time Began (2011). Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Brown, P.. Coobool Creek. www-personal.une.edu.au (2000). Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ↑ Durband, A.. Artificial cranial deformation in Pleistocene Austrakians - The Coolbool Creek Sample. Ncbi.NLM.nih.gov 54 (6) (2013). p. 795–813. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.10.013.
- ↑ The spread of people to Australia. Australian Museum (2013). Retrieved 7 April 2013.