LibGuides: ANC 11: Human remains and burials: Narrabeen Man

Books in the library

First Footprints by Scott Cane
Call Number: 305.89 CAN

ISBN: 9781743314937

Publication Date: 2014-10-01

p211-12
First Footprints tells the extraordinary story of the Aboriginal people of Australia. How they made their way out of Africa 60,000 years ago, and how they survived across this vast continent, from the harsh deserts of the inland to the glaciers of southern Tasmania. With photos from the ABC TV series of the same name.

Resources

Skeletal remains: guidelines for management.
NSW Heritage Office.

The first archaeological evidence for death by spearing in Australia. Antiquity 81(314) Dec 2015. Find this article in JStor.

Resources: Narrabeen Man (2005 discovery)

Speared man unearthed after 4000 years (ABC News)
JL Shellshear Museum, University of Sydney
The remains of Narrabeen man are securely under care here at the museum. Indigenous elders must give permission before viewings can occur. Students can apply to the museum to visit and view the remains, by appointment.
The story of Narrabeen Man (Northern Beaches Council)
A discovery of historical and indigenous significance in 2005.

McNiven, Ian J. “BACKED ARTEFACTS AS A MATERIAL DIMENSION OF SOCIAL INCLUSIVENESS.” Australian Archaeology, no. 72, 2011, pp. 71–72. Article available on JSTOR. See Library eResources, Kinkead Library site.

McDonald, Jo. Dreamtime Superhighway: Sydney Basin Rock Art and Prehistoric Information Exchange. ANU Press, 2008. Available on Open Access from JSTOR.