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Lion Cavern in Eswatini is World’s Oldest Ochre Mine, Archaeologists Say

Archaeologists say they have discovered the oldest known evidence for intensive ochre mining worldwide, at least 48,000 years ago, in Lion Cavern at Ngwenya in Eswatini, a landlocked country in southern Africa.

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Sacred white ochre discovered beneath Yirrkala art centre in Arnhem Land

Yolngu people in north-east Arnhem Land consider white ochre sacred and source it to use in ceremonies and art works. A recent discovery beneath a community art centre has the Yirrkala community celebrating.




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The water tribe and ochre

Proud Wathaurung man Barry Gilson is learning and writing songs in the language of his ancestors –- a difficult task because “everything has been lost”. What does he mean by this? He also speaks of how ochre was and is used in Aboriginal ceremonies. Can you find out what else ochre was and is used for in cultural practices?




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Designing Microservices with Django [Electronic book] : An Overview of Tools and Practices / Akos Hochrein.

Berkeley, CA : Apress, 2019.




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Technological, elemental and colorimetric analysis of an engraved ochre fragment from the Middle Stone Age levels of Klasies River Cave 1, South Africa




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Engraved ochres from the Middle Stone Age levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa




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Cognitive requirements for ochre use in the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu, South Africa




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An investigation into the properties of the ochre from Sibudu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa




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Ochre Use in the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu, South Africa: Grinding, Rubbing, Scoring and Engraving




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A 100,000-Year-Old Ochre-Processing Workshop at Blombos Cave, South Africa




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Ochre crayons or waste products? Replications compared with MSA ‘crayons’ from Sibudu Cave, South Africa