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Dargan Shelter, Blue Mountains – Australia’s Oldest Ice Age Cave Was Occupied For Thousands Of Years

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Archaeologists from the Australian Museum, University of Sydney, and ANU, along with First Nations community members connected to the Blue Mountains, have unearthed 693 stone artifacts dating from the last ice age to recent times.

Dargan Shelter, Blue Mountains – Australia’s Oldest Ice Age Cave Was Occupied For Thousands Of Years

AncientPages.com | July 3, 2025 | ArchaeologyNews

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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists from the Australian Museum, University of Sydney, and ANU, along with First Nations community members connected to the Blue Mountains, have unearthed 693 stone artifacts dating from the last ice age to recent times.

Blue Mountains 'Dargan Shelter' - Australia's Oldest Ice Age Cave Was Occupied For Thousands Of Years

A 20,000 year old sandstone slab. Photo: Dr Amy Wray

Discovered in the ancient Dargan Shelter cave in the Blue Mountains, this evidence proves repeated occupation in the formerly frozen high-altitude area.

Dating back 20,000 years, when the upper reaches of the Blue Mountains were treeless and seasonally frozen over, Dargan Shelter at 1073m elevation is believed to be the oldest occupied high-altitude landscape in Australia. Until now, researchers thought the Australian high country was too difficult to occupy during the last ice age.

However, the new archaeological results provide the first evidence of repeated human activity and adaption to periglacial environments on the Australian continent.

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