An Australian rock shelter at Laura, Cape York, containing paintings and engravings of humans, animals, tracks and abstract motifs. Charcoal from occupation deposits covering wall engravings yielded radiocarbon dates between 10,000 and 13,000 be, which are the earliest for rock art in Australia, other than the engravings at Koon-alda Cave, dated to cl8,000 be. The shelter also contained the oldest known remains of Sarcophilus harrisii (Tasmanian devil) in tropical Australia: it is now found only in Tasmania.
The Macmillan dictionary of archaeology, Ruth D. Whitehouse, 1983Copied