The Ochre Pits are a popular tourist destination in Australia's Northern Territory, approximately 110 kilometres west of Alice Springs along the Larapinta...
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S2CID 4365526. "Ochre is of the earth". Bangarra Knowledge Ground. Retrieved 2024-05-23. "Where are Orche Pits |About the Orche Pits of West MacDonnell...
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Yamnaya culture (redirect from Ochre Grave culture)
The Yamnaya culture or the Yamna culture, also known as the Pit Grave culture or Ochre Grave culture, is a late Copper Age to early Bronze Age archaeological...
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Simpsons Gap, Standley Chasm, Ellery Creek Big Hole, Serpentine Gorge, Ochre Pits, Ormiston Pound, Redbank Gorge, Glen Helen Gorge, Mount Sonder and Mount...
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Gorge, Simpsons Gap, Standley Chasm, Mount Sonder, Serpentine Gorge, the Ochre Pits and Redbank Gorge. The Park is known as Tjoritja by the traditional owners...
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Cove, Kingston, Long Beach, Lower Island Cove, Low Point, Northern Bay, Ochre Pit Cove, Red Head Cove, Riverhead, Smooth Cove and Western Bay. See: Baccalieu...
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pigments. Among the primary types of earth pigments include the reddish-brown ochres, siennas, and umbers, which contain various amounts of iron oxides and manganese...
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River Simpsons Gap Standley Chasm Ellery Creek Bighole Serpentine Gorge Ochre Pits Ormiston Pound Redbank Gorge Glen Helen Gorge The walk harbours many Aboriginal...
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Digging (redirect from Borrow pits)
nearby M40 motorway). In other cases, borrow pits may be used for landfill and waste disposal. Borrow pits are common archaeological features in Waikato...
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handmade from human hair and sometimes covered with a type of grease and red ochre. This jewellery would sometimes be hung around a man's neck or waist for...
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Makinsons 2Z0: Marysvale 3A0: Mobile 3B0: Northern Bay 3C0: North River 3E0: Ochre Pit Cove 3G0: Old Perlican 3H0: Petty Harbour 3J0: Port de Grave 3L0: Pouch...
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have megalithic graves. Pitted Ware burials are also distinguished from Funnelbeaker burials through their use of red ochre. Grave goods include ceramics...
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Habit near Ochre Pits in the MacDonnell Ranges...
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Comb Ceramic culture (redirect from Pit-Comb Ware culture)
Graves were dug at the settlements and the dead were covered with red ochre. The typical Comb Ceramic age shows an extensive use of objects made of...
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Streptoglossa Streptoglossa decurrens near the Ochre Pits Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots...
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(Newfoundland) North West Brook (Newfoundland) Northern Bay (Newfoundland) Ochre Pit Cove (Newfoundland) O'Donnells (Newfoundland) Old Bonaventure (Newfoundland)...
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engaged in the sector. Prior to European Settlement Indigenous groups mined ochre and other materials for ceremonial activities. With the arrival of the Overland...
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mountain range to the north of Mole Creek where they mined ochre in the Toolumbunner ochre pits. There is evidence that they had been settled in the Mole...
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the first phase (or, depending on the author, the forerunner) of the Pit Grave/Ochre Grave/Yamnaya culture. Řepín, a village and municipality of the Czech...
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informative archaeological material from Blombos Cave includes engraved ochre, engraved bone ochre processing kits, marine shell beads, refined bone and stone tools...
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cultures identified with phases of Indo-Aryan material culture include the Ochre Coloured Pottery culture, the Gandhara grave culture, the black and red...
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Academy. He was born in Ochre Pit Cove, Conception Bay, the son of William Halfyard and Anne Carnell. Halfyard was educated in Ochre Pit Cove and St. John's...
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Robin Hood Cave Horse (redirect from The Ochre Horse)
Derby Robin Hood Cave The Robin Hood Cave Horse (previously known as the Ochre Horse) is a fragment of a rib engraved with a horse's head, discovered in...
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the Gog mountain range to the north-west where they mined ochre in the Toolumbunner ochre pits. The Pallittorre people lived in the area and used to have...
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38 Caplin Cove 35 Lower Island Cove 31 Burnt Point 29 Northern Bay 26 Ochre Pit Cove 22 Western Bay 21 Adam's Cove 18 Broad Cove 14 Perry's Cove 10 Salmon...
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coloured ochres for use by artists as natural pigments. These are washed and milled for sale in the mine's ochre workshop. A range of ochre colours are...
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the earth pigments ochre, sienna and umber. The presence of a large amount of manganese makes umber earth colors darker than ochre or sienna. The pigment...
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identified, including an ochre pit used for body decoration and rock art. One Noongar man born in 1910 described the ochre pit as being "a very spirity...
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trial excavations are dated to c. 2000 - 1800 BCE, and ascribed to the Ochre Coloured Pottery culture (OCP)/Copper Hoard Culture, which was contemporaneous...
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important ceremonial sites, including a bora ring used for rites and an ochre pit located near the current site of the oil refinery which provided pigment...
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