Kow Swamp Archaeological Site

Kow Swamp Archaeological Site
Ryan Somma from Occoquan, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

Kow Swamp Archaeological Site contains a series of late Pleistocene burials within the lunette of the eastern rim of a former lake in north-central Victoria, Australia [1]. Located 10 km southeast of Cohuna in the central Murray River valley at coordinates 35.953553°S 144.318123°E, the site yielded the partial skeletal remains of at least 22 individuals during excavations led by Alan Thorne between 1968 and 1972 [1].

TypeCity/town/settlement
Period4500 - 3000 BC
CountryAustralia
Coordinates35.9535° S, 144.3181° E

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