Station Camps: Identifying the archaeological evidence for continuity and change in post-contact Aboriginal sites in the south Kimberley, Western Australia

Abstract

The presence and comparison of the analyses of artefacts located in three surface assemblages on Gordon Downs Station in the southeast Kimberley Region, Western Australia is discussed. The comparative ethnoarchaeological model has revealed changes and adaptations in the use of material culture through three post-contact periods and has provided evidence about the choices that Aboriginal people made when selecting new materials as they became available.