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Site WatchSite Name: Jordan River Levee Alternative Name: kutalayna, Brighton Bypass siteCountry: Australia
NOTE: This site is 187.636 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Hobart Nearest Village: Brighton
Latitude: 42.705S Longitude: 147.265600E
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 |
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Ancient Settlement in Tasmania. Roadworks dig finds millions of Aboriginal artefacts. Archaeologists say they may have found proof of the oldest and most southerly human habitation in the world at the site of a major road project in Tasmania.
Archaeologists and Aboriginal heritage officers have been removing sediment from eight trenches along the Jordan River levee at the Brighton roadworks site, north of Hobart.
Initial findings suggest the sediment is between 28,000 and 40,000 years old, making it the oldest, most southern site of human habitation in the world.
It is believed up to 3,000,000 artefacts could be buried there.
Dozens of protesters have been arrested and 19 people have been charged over protests aimed at trying to stop the roadwork in recent months.
Fiona Newson from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Land and Sea Council says the Tasmanian Government needs to take the latest report from archaeologists seriously.
"We're talking about a worldwide significant site in regards to the scientific values and heritage values," she said.
"It would be a total waste and not a good look on Tasmania if they were going to destroy it."
With the State Government in caretaker mode, Infrastucture Minister Graeme Sturges has been cautious in his response.
"We will certainly follow the required process and we will acknowledge and respect the findings of the report," he said.
"Bear in mind we're to receive the final report in about a week and we will follow due process in regard to this matter."
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre's Michael Mansell says the site is tremendously significant and wants it put on the World Heritage List.
"The bottom line is that nothing must go within a bull's roar of the site," he said.
"I don't think there's any doubt that the Federal Government has to be involved anyway because there's a strong belief that this area should now be declared a world heritage listed place."
Mr Mansell says Aborigines want the Premier to apologise for the treatment of protesters at the Brighton bypass site.
"I think in the circumstances the Premier owes an apology to those Aboriginal people who always said, 'What is there is terribly significant and must be preserved at all costs'," he said.
"An apology I don't think would be astray."
Archaeologists working on the project hope the site will be protected.
Head archaeologist Robert Paton is excited by the preliminary findings.
"The dates that we've got so far, the readings, they've been nice and statistically tight, and that suggests to me they're probably correct," he said.
"To have the opportunity to work on that site with the Aboriginal community, it's been a pretty exciting time for everyone."
More at ABC News. Description of site: The area is a north-south floodplain area with the Jordan River to the east and south. The area is bounded on the west by the village of Brighton and a railroad grade. To the north are the TeaTree Road bridge and a railroad bridge.
Note: Millions of artefacts discovered at 'extremely significant' 40,000-year-old site but the road building is to continue, putting the site at risk. Aborigines Protest at Parliament. Site Visits Available. See comments.
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