Old boundaries and new horizons: the Weipa shell mounds reconsidered.(Cape York Peninsula )

From: Archaeology in Oceania | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Abstract

This paper develops an alternative interpretation of shell mound phenomena at Albatross Bay, near Weipa on the west coast of Cape York Peninsula. Past researchers have interpreted these distinct mounded middens as functional edifices, constructed to enable small family groups to camp closer to resources during the late wet season. Here I propose that the mounds at Weipa were associated with relatively large groups of people intensively exploiting the shellfish Anadara granosa. This argument is based on a range of factors, including the biological characteristics of ...

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