<< Our Photo Pages >> Mungo, Australia - Ancient Village or Settlement in Australia
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Multi-periodSite Name: Mungo, Australia Alternative Name: Willandra LakesCountry: Australia Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Mildura Nearest Village: Pooncarie
Latitude: 33.716667S Longitude: 143.083333E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Australia. Mungo is the earliest site in the world outside Africa to be inhabited by anatomically modern humans. Now dated to 45,000 years ago
Mungo is a dry lake, it dried up around 15000 years ago. It has been used by native Australians for the last 40,000 years, although not so much now. It is situated around 110 km northeast of Mildura in New South Wales. The area is littered with artifacts from the past, mainly bones from long dead animals and hearths where food was cooked. Much more is still to be discovered as when there is a storm the sand dunes wich cover most of the antiquities are blown or washed away leaving new items.
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