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Attenbrow, Val

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Val Attenbrow is an archaeologist and principal research scientist at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

Archaeological evidence of Aboriginal life in Sydney as Author
Balmoral Beach shell midden as Creator
Charcoal European ship in rock-shelter in Lane Cove River Valley as Creator
Engraved kangaroos or wallabies at Shaws Creek, Nepean River as Creator
Engraved whale at Balls Head, Port Jackson as Creator
Grinding grooves beside a rock pool on sandstone rock-platform, Gosford area as Creator
Number of Aboriginal archaeological sites established in each millennium (cal BP) (based on earliest dates in stratified sites) as Creator
Number of radiometric ages in each millennium (cal BP) in Sydney region Aboriginal archaeological sites (N=164 ages from 164 sites) as Creator
Stone artefacts exposed on the ground surface of an archaeological site in the western Cumberland Plain as Creator
Surface of shell midden at Berowra Waters as Creator
White pigment hand stencil in rock-shelter in Middle Harbour as Creator

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Archaeological evidence of Aboriginal life in Sydney

The lives, activities and material culture of the people who lived in the Sydney area for thousands of years before Europeans arrived are only revealed by archaeological evidence. Sydney has many diverse sites where physical evidence of the first inhabitants can be found, revealing much about their technologies, diets, cultures and occupations, and how these changed in the centuries before European settlement changed everything.

Balmoral Beach shell midden

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By
Val Attenbrow
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Australian Museum

Charcoal European ship in rock-shelter in Lane Cove River Valley

full record »
By
Val Attenbrow
Contributed By
Australian Museum

Engraved kangaroos or wallabies at Shaws Creek, Nepean River

full record »
By
Val Attenbrow
Contributed By
Australian Museum

Engraved whale at Balls Head, Port Jackson

full record »
By
Val Attenbrow
Contributed By
Australian Museum

Grinding grooves beside a rock pool on sandstone rock-platform, Gosford area

full record »
By
Val Attenbrow
Contributed By
Australian Museum

Number of Aboriginal archaeological sites established in each millennium (cal BP) (based on earliest dates in stratified sites)

full record »
By
Val Attenbrow
Contributed By
Australian Museum

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full record »
By
Val Attenbrow
Contributed By
Australian Museum

Stone artefacts exposed on the ground surface of an archaeological site in the western Cumberland Plain

full record »
By
Val Attenbrow
Contributed By
Australian Museum

Surface of shell midden at Berowra Waters

full record »
By
Val Attenbrow
Contributed By
Australian Museum

White pigment hand stencil in rock-shelter in Middle Harbour

full record »
By
Val Attenbrow
Contributed By
Australian Museum