View source for Australian Aboriginal prehistoric sites

{{more footnotes|date=October 2019}}

This is a list of '''Australian Aboriginal prehistoric sites'''.

Key:
* BGS = Below ground surface
* C14 = [[Radiocarbon]] date
* char. = [[charcoal]]
* OSL = Optical stimulated [[thermoluminescence]]
* ''AA'' = ''[[Australian Archaeology (journal)|Australian Archaeology]]''

{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Locality
! Reference
! Lab no.
! Age yrs BP
! Type of date
! Type of site
|-
! colspan=6 style="text-align:left;" | [[New South Wales]]
|-
| [[Cuddie Springs]] ||  ||  ||  ||  || Open site
|-
! colspan=6 style="text-align:left;" | [[Northern Territory]]
|-
| [[Malakunanja]] II || Roberts et al. ''Nature'' 1990 || KTL 162 || 61,000{{±|9,000|13,000}} || OSL || Lowest artefact at 260&nbsp;cm BGS
|-
| Malakunanja II || || KTL 158 ||52,000{{±|7,000|11,000}} || OSL || Artefacts at 250&nbsp;cm BGS
|-
| Malakunanja II || || KTL 164 ||45,000{{±|6,000|9,000}} || OSL || Artefacts at 230&nbsp;cm BGS
|-
| Malakunanja II || || SUA 256 ||18,040{{±|300}} || C14 char.|| Associated with [[ochre]] and [[grindstone]]
|-
| [[Nawalabila]] I || Roberts et al. ''AA'' 1993 || Ox-od K169 ||60,300{{±|6700}} || OSL || Artefacts at 285–302&nbsp;cm BGS
|-
| Nawalabila I || || Ox-od K170 ||58,300{{±|5800}} || OSL || Base of rubble [[auger (drill)|auger]] hole
|-
| Nawalabila I || || Ox-od K168 ||53,400{{±|5400}} || OSL || Artefacts at 228–240&nbsp;cm BGS
|-
| Nawalabila I || || Ox-od K166 ||30,000{{±|2400}} || OSL || Artefacts at 170–175&nbsp;cm BGS
|-
| Nawalabila I || || SUA 237 || 19,975{{±|264}} || C14 char. || Lowest C14 date
|-
| Nawalabila I || || Ox-od K172  ||13,500{{±|900}} || OSL || Artefacts at 104–110&nbsp;cm BGS
|-
| Nawalabila I || || Ox-od K171 ||2,900{{±|600}} || OSL || Artefacts at 1–6&nbsp;cm BGS
|-
| [[Malanganger]] || Roberts et al. ''Nature'' 1990 || KTL 126 || 32,000{{±|7,000}} || OSL || Lowest artefacts at 200 BGS
|-
| Malangangerr || C.White 1967, 1971 || ANU 77B <br/>GaK 629 <br/>GaK 628 ||22,900{{±|1000}} <br/>22,700{{±|700}} <br/>19,600{{±|550}} || C14 char. || earliest ground edge axes
|-
| [[Nawamoyn]] || C.White 1967,1971 || ANU 51 ||21,450{{±|380}} || C14 char. || Ground edge [[axe]]s
|-
| [[Puritjarra]] || M.A.Smith ''Nature'' 1987 || Beta 19901 || 21,950{{±|270}} || C14 char. || Artefacts below this estimated to be 30,000 BP
|-
! colspan=6 style="text-align:left;" | [[South Australia]]
|-
| [[Warratyi]] || {{doi|10.1038/nature20125}} ||  ||  ||  || 
|-
! colspan=6 style="text-align:left;" | [[Tasmania]]
|-
| [[Kutikina Cave|Kutikina "spirit"]] || <ref>{{cite web |title=Kutikina Cave |url=https://austhrutime.com/kutikina_cave.htm |website=Australia: The Land Where Time Began |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> ||  || 15–20,000 ||  || Rock shelter
|-
| Nunamira "sleeping place" || <ref>{{cite web |title=Nunamira Cave |url=https://austhrutime.com/nunamira_cave.htm |website=Australia: The Land Where Time Began |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> ||  || 30,420{{±|690}} ||  || Rock shelter, 60&nbsp;cm BGS
|-
| ORS 7 || <ref>{{cite web |title=Rock Shelter ORS 7 |url=https://austhrutime.com/rock_shelter_ORS_7.htm |website=Australia: The Land Where Time Began |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> ||  || 30,840{{±|480}} ||  || Rock shelter, 60&nbsp;cm BGS
|-
| Bone Cave || <ref>{{cite web |title=Bone Cave |url=https://austhrutime.com/bone_cave.htm |website=Australia: The Land Where Time Began |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> ||  || 13,700-35,000 ||  || Rock shelter
|- 
! colspan=6 style="text-align:left;" | [[Western Australia]]
|-
| [[Rottnest Island]] || Charles Dortch, ''The West Australian'' 23 June 2003 || ANU & James Cook Uni ||70,000{{±|10,000|20,000}} || U/Th C14 || [[flint]] tool embedded in Tamala [[limestone]] (Aminozone C)
|-
| [[Upper Swan Bridge]] || Pearce and Barbetti ''AO'' 1981 || SUA 1500 <br/>SUA 1665 || 39,500{{±|2,300|1,800}} <br/>37,100{{±|1,600|1,300}} || C14 char. ||Campsite Occupation 88–96&nbsp;cm BGS Occupation 75–80&nbsp;cm BGS
|-
| [[Mandu Mandu Creek]] RS || Morse ''AO'' 1988; ''Antiquity'' 1993; Bowdler 1992 || Wk 1513 <br/>Wk 1576 <br/>SUA 3454|| 34,299{{±|1050}} <br/>30,000{{±|850}} <br/>25,200{{±|250}} || C14 [[baler shell]] <br/>C14 nodule || Shell necklace Early occupation
|-
| [[Devil's Lair]] || Dortch 1984 ||SUA 585/6 || 32,800{{±|830}} || C14 char. || Pooled age
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
Josephine Flood (2004) Archaeology of the Dreamtime, J.B Publishing, Marleston {{ISBN|1-876622-50-4}}

[[Category:Archaeological sites in Australia]]