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        Listed under:  History  >  Heritage  >  Archaeology
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        BTN: Aboriginal astronomy

        • TLF-IDM021612

        Many ancient cultures studied the night sky, and we know this because it is reflected in some of the earliest stories we have on record. Learn about one of these stories in this video. Other than the Dreamtime stories, what other evidence might there be that the Aboriginal people studied the stars?

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        The first modern humans in south-east Asia

        • TLF-IDM013142

        This is a multilayered resource about the theories and evidence of the origins of the first modern humans in south-east Asia. It has four sections: Theories; The sout-heast Asian fossil record; The appearance of sout-heast Asian features; and The first modern Indonesians. The Related sections, Related items and Related ...

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        World's Oldest Mummies

        • TLF-IDM016740

        This 13 minute video describes how science supports archaeology. Dr Paul Willis follows a group of Australian volunteer archaeologists as they unravel the complex archaeology of the Atacama Desert in Chile and find mummies that were made thousands of years before the Egyptian civilisation started. How scientific ideas and ...

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        Indigenous Science: shell middens and fish traps

        • TLF-IDM013029

        This is an article about Aboriginal shell middens along the Queensland coast and the information they provide about Aboriginal food collection practices. Written by Kudjala/Kalkadoon Elder from Queensland Letitia Murgha and intended mainly for teachers, it describes how shell middens were created over thousands of years ...

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        Did ancient teeth decay?

        • TLF-IDM016781

        Is tooth decay just a modern affliction? Archaeologists can tell us of evidence of dental procedures from long ago.

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