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MEGAFAUNA EXCAVATION Lancefield, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY, 2004 Home / Excavation / Excavation Team / Sieve Pond |
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 Lancefield Classic Site above with a view from Melbourne Hill below. |
Lancefield Swamp 2004 Excavation Joe Dortch Department of Archaeology University of Sydney CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD REPORT. pdf FORMAT (1200 KB) |
Lancefield Swamp is a highly significant archaeological site located in the town of Lancefield, 70 km north of Melbourne. It was discovered in 1843 when James Mayne, a well-digger, found giant bones from very large extinct animals now known as megafauna. Along with many other megafauna discoveries around the world at about the same time, the finding of fossils from Victoria provoked two questions that researchers are still trying to answer. What caused the extinction of these strange animals, and when did they die out? |
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