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<< Our Photo Pages >> Mammoth Cave Margaret River - Cave or Rock Shelter in Australia

Submitted by DrewParsons on Friday, 21 June 2013  Page Views: 40234

Natural PlacesSite Name: Mammoth Cave Margaret River
Country: Australia
NOTE: This site is 3947.682 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Margaret River
Latitude: 34.05947S  Longitude: 115.028420E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Mammoth Cave Margaret River
Mammoth Cave Margaret River submitted by DrewParsons : The cave seen from above. June 2013. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cave in West Australia

Mammoth Cave near Margaret River in West Australia is a limestone cave which has yielded many prehistoric bones which are thought to have been accumulated by humans some 40,000 years before present. Some of the bones carry tell tale breaking points, notches and burn marks as evidence of human activity. The original excavations were undertaken with the aim of seeking the bones of long extinct Australian megafauna and no concern was paid to the possibility of human occupation of the cave site. However, subsequent analysis of the bones has uncovered evidence of human activity. A notch marked bone is displayed in the cave. Dating of bones and fossils from the cave gives a period of activity from between 55,200 to 44,400 years before present pushing back the date for the first human settlement of south western Australia to some time prior to 40,000 years before present.

References:

http://www.megafauna.com.au/upload/pages/research/palaeo-mammoth-school-fact-sheet-updated-4-4-11.pdf

http://www.westernaustralia.com/en/Attraction/Mammoth_Cave/9009406
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Mammoth Cave Margaret River
Mammoth Cave Margaret River submitted by DrewParsons : Approaching the exit to the cave. June 2013. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mammoth Cave Margaret River
Mammoth Cave Margaret River submitted by DrewParsons : Display in front of the approximately 44,500 year old bone embedded in the rock structures. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mammoth Cave Margaret River
Mammoth Cave Margaret River submitted by DrewParsons : A notch on the bone of an extinct Simosthenurus (giant kangaroo) on display inside the cave. The notch together with break and burn marks on other bones is evidence of early human activity in the cave. June 2013. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mammoth Cave Margaret River
Mammoth Cave Margaret River submitted by DrewParsons : The fossilised jaw of an extinct Zygomaturus trilobus dated to between 55,200 and 44,400 years before present. June 2013. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mammoth Cave Margaret River
Mammoth Cave Margaret River submitted by DrewParsons : Stalactites in Mammoth Cave. June 2013.

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