Mungo Lady
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Mungo Lady is the name given to the ancient cremated human remains discovered at Lake Mungo in Australia, which are among the oldest known evidence of ritual burial in the world.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pleistocene human
ⓘ
ancient human remains ⓘ archaeological find ⓘ prehistoric Australian ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
LM1
ⓘ
Lake Mungo 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aboriginal Australians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Willandra Lakes Aboriginal communities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPracticeDetail |
body cremated, bones crushed and burned again
ⓘ
burned remains carefully buried in a grave ⓘ |
| burialType |
cremation
ⓘ
secondary burial ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | unknown ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext |
among the earliest modern humans known from Australia
ⓘ
older than 20,000-year Last Glacial Maximum ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
among the earliest known ritual burials in the world
ⓘ
among the oldest known evidence of ritual cremation ⓘ evidence for early complex mortuary practices in Australia ⓘ important for understanding early Aboriginal Australian history ⓘ |
| datingMethod |
optically stimulated luminescence dating
ⓘ
radiocarbon dating ⓘ stratigraphic analysis ⓘ |
| discoveredAt | Lake Mungo shoreline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
ANU research team
ⓘ
Jim Bowler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| estimatedAge |
Late Pleistocene
ⓘ
about 40,000 years ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Aboriginal Australian prehistory
ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ paleoanthropology ⓘ |
| foundIn | Pleistocene dune sediments ⓘ |
| importanceInAnthropology |
evidence for early human occupation of Australia
ⓘ
used to study early modern human morphology in Sahul ⓘ |
| legalStatus | subject of repatriation and custody debates ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lake Mungo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ Willandra Lakes Region NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern Australia ⓘ |
| partOf | Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedFind |
Mungo Man
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other Willandra Lakes human remains ⓘ |
| repatriation | remains returned to Aboriginal custodians ⓘ |
| researchInstitution | Australian National University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sex | female ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageContext | part of evidence base for Willandra Lakes Region inscription ⓘ |
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