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SALVAGED CULTURAL MATERIAL - DPLH 25486 BAS 23 - SIENNA WOODS AUG-OCT 2022

2022
Overview

Clear plastic sealable bag. Ridged locking system along top edge of the bag. On front panel of bag in the middle is a white rectangle Text written in pen on front [Whadjuk Noongar / Boodja / DPLH 25486 / BAS 23 / Sienna Woods / August 2022 / October 2022]. Inside the bag is a collection of quartz, chert and mylonite fragments produced during stone tool manufacturing

Historical information

On 12 and 19-21 and 27 August 2022 Whadjuk Noogar traditional owners, Horizon Heritage Management and a representative from Stockland conducted a cultural material salvage survey across the surface of a registered Aboriginal Site located that is located within a new stage of the Sienna Wood residential development in the suburb of Hilbert.
The survey uncovered primarily debitage and flakes showing evidence of stone tool manufacturing on the site which was located close to a seasonal water souse. The survey uncovered cultural material made from quartz, quartzite, crystal quartz, chert and mylonite. The Whadjuk Cultural Advise Committee agreed that this material was to be transferred to the City of Armadale History House for safe keeping along side with cultural material stored at the museum in 2016 from a more extensive survey conducted in 2015

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-33-COA2022.87
Material
Chert
Plastic
Quartz
Keywords
WHADJUK
Hilbert suburb of COA
STOCKLAND
Horizon Heritage Management
Sienna Wood Property develment
Year
2022
Statement of significance

This is part of a collection of items that represent the pre-1829 activities and used of the local area by the traditional owners the, Noongar Whadjuk. The collection includes the report and recovered material of an archaeological excavation, done in consultation with Noongar Elders, conducted before a major residential development in the 2010s and 20s.

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