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Rare stone tool cache tells story of trade and ingenuity

About 170 years ago a large bundle of stone tools was deliberately buried close to a waterhole in the hard dirt of the remote outback. Who buried them and for what purpose? Why were they never retrieved? Archaeologists from Griffith University, who d

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Griffith University

Excavation site showing cache exposed

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Archaeological site showing cache exposed

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Credit: Supplied by Griffith University

Journal

Archaeology in Oceania

DOI

10.1002/arco.70014

Method of Research

Data/statistical analysis

Subject of Research

People

Article Title

Under the Shade of a Coolabah Tree: A Second Cache of Tulas From the Boulia District, Western Queensland

Article Publication Date

27-Nov-2025

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