Aboriginal stone huts along the Georgina River, southwest Queensland

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Wallis, LA
Davidson, I
Burke, H
Mitchell, S
Barker, B
Hatte, E
Cole, N
Lowe, KM
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This paper reports on the recording of previously unpublished Aboriginal stone hut structures in southwestern Queensland. Located along a tributary of the Georgina River, these 17 structures are typical of the region, being generally circular in plan view, with an average diameter of 5m and a 1m-wide opening consistently positioned to afford protection from prevailing winds. Evidence suggests these structures were roofed with vegetation and, while they pre-date the contact period, appear also to have been used into at least the late 1800s. Artefacts associated with them include stone flakes, cores and edge-ground axe fragments, freshwater mussel shells, rifle cartridge cases, fragments of glass, and metal objects. A comparison of these stone hut structures is made with similar features from elsewhere in Australia, demonstrating that there was a widespread but consistent use of stone for construction. This short report contributes to an increasing awareness of, and literature about, built structures in traditional Aboriginal societies.

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Queensland Archaeological Research

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20

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© The Author(s) 2017. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Wallis, LA; Davidson, I; Burke, H; Mitchell, S; Barker, B; Hatte, E; Cole, N; Lowe, KM, Aboriginal stone huts along the Georgina River, southwest Queensland, Queensland Archaeological Research, 2017, 20, pp. 1-8

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