
ABORIGINES OF THE SouTH-EAST OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA 457 
Wr. 9. This area is situsted abont 150 yards to the north of Wk. 8, ina 
blown-out depression on the brow of the same hill and well-exposed to westerly 
winds. It. is considerably larger than Wk. 8 (see sketch plau, Fig. 2). An in- 
teresting feature is the large number of hearths, on some of which the burnt stones 
remain, well-congregated ; on others they are wore scattered, 
We. 10, This site is situated to the north of Wk. 9 in a depression at the 
hase of the same hill. It consists of @ small blown area about 25 yards in each 
direction, Only a few implements of any interest were found here. 
We. 11 and Wk, 12. Only a brief examination was necessary to show that 
these sites presented little of interest, They occur on each side of a road which 
separates Section 125 and BI 3, Hundred Rivoli Bay. Neither area is well- 
sheltered and beyond a few widely-seattered hearth stones and seraps of imple- 
ment debris, there was little of material interest. 
Tue Bevr Sire. (Br,), Although this site has already been described by 
Campbell and Noone, the abundance of implements and other features of interest 
if presented justified three further visits during the present. investigations. Con- 
siderable numbers of specimens had been collected previously from this site, but 
an appreciable amount of useful material was again gathered, Among other 
features of interest, it may justly be styled as an intensive ““factory’’ site; for 
the production of microliths was certainly considerable here, in addition to the 
many other kinds of well-made tools collected, Besides the 150 microliths gathered 
in 1943, the present work added approximately 200 more of these little tools. 
Some other features of interest eoucerning this site which were discussed pre- 
viously, were further investigated. It had been suggested that the rock outerops 
which are so abundant on part of the area might have been the source of material 
for implement making. An examination of the rock, however, shows that they 
are remnants of a consolidated dune and are in effect limestones, and totally un- 
suitable for the manufacture of stone implements of the types used and found on 
this site, 
Further study of this area. suggests that owing to its peenliar location on 
the extremity of the Belt ridge, it may have possessed similar “strategic” advan- 
tages for hunting, as were described for the Wk. 7, 8, 9 series, For there is 
ample evidence to show that the surrounding flate of this location were heavily 
flooded areas for months of each year, while the ridge itself would serve well for 
game driving tactics. 
Tn the previous account of this site, mention was miade of a buried hearth, 
revealed in the face of the eroded end of the sandy knall, a prominent feature of 
this site. The hearth remnant, occurring below eight feet of sand, was examined 
more closely and was found to rest on a slightly consolidated sandy shelf which 
over a lapse of time has been buried beneath subsequent, drift building up the 
upper portion of the knoll. Nearby on ‘ground level’? were the scattered barnt 
stones of another hearth which had obyiously occurred on the same firm shelf, 
but with the erosion of the moll face has now been deposited as residual material 
on the lower level. 
An excellent “bird’s-eve"’ sketch of this site (ste fig. 8) has been prepared 
by Miss Given Walsh. It is based on a chain and conipass survey, with the help 
of photographs and many sketches drawn on lovation (see Pl. vii, Fig, 1). This 
sketch shows many of the characteristics of a typical aboriginal camp. The pro 
tecting elevations, the comfortable, well-drained areas constituting the ‘living 
quarters'', the distribution of hearths, and the typical observed concentrations 
of microliths, - 
In general, the area is well-watered and the ridge to the south-east is still 
thickly timbered and must have supplied many sources of food (see Part 1); 


