Graman

A series of rock shelters in a valley of the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia with human occupation dated between c 3000-1000 BC. Stone artifacts included some of the earliest Bondi points and geometric microliths, grinding slabs, adze flakes, awls, perforated pendant fragments, and bone points.

A group of sandstone rock shelters in a small, well-watered valley on the western slopes of the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. Occupation deposits have been dated between c3500 be and 200 ad. Stone artefacts included some of the earliest Bondi points and geometric microliths found in Australia, dated to c3500 be. Some have traces of resin along backed margins. Stratigraphic changes occurred, with a predominance of microliths in the lower levels being replaced by edge-ground tools in the upper levels; this change was paralleled in the faunal remains as macropod bones were replaced by possum bones. This was interpreted as a technologicial change from stone barbed spears used for hunting kangaroos and wallabies to axes used for extracting possums from trees. Other artefacts included grinding slabs, adze flakes, awls, perforated pendant fragments and bone points.