Discovery of ancient Aboriginal remains confirms burial grounds on western Cape York
ABC Far North
By Brendan Mounter, Fiona Sewell
Updated Wed at 2:35pm
Archaeologists have confirmed ancient human remains, potentially up to 6,000 years old, are interred in burial mounds at a site long regarded as culturally significant by the Tjungundji people of western Cape York.
The origins of the sand mounds in and around Mapoon, an Indigenous community in remote far-north Queensland, have long been debated by researchers.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-08/discovery-of-ancient-aboriginal-remains-confirms-burial-grounds/9404322
