Ingaladdi

A sandstone rock shelter in the Australian Northern Territory known for two well-separated stone industries and for art. The upper levels date 3000 bp and contained a Australian Core Tool assemblage with points and tula adze flakes. The unifacial points included some with denticulated margins and others classed as Pirri points. Rock paintings include Wandjina style mythical beings, animals, men on horseback, and revolvers. Fragments of Panaramitee-style engravings were found in layers dated 5000-3000 BC. Following a sterile layer, the lower layers contained large flake scrapers, horsehoof cores, and engraved sandstone fragments of 7000-5000 bp.

A sandstone rock shelter in the northwest of the Australian Northern Territory between the Victoria and Daly Rivers. The site is notable for two well-separated stone industries and for art. Lower levels dating between 3000 and 5000 be contained a typical Australian Core Tool and Scraper assemblage with large, steep-edge flake scrapers and horsehoof cores. After a sterile layer, the upper sandy deposits contained tula adze flakes, and small unifacial and bifacial points, dating from 1000 be. The unifacial points included some with denticulated margins and others classed as Pirri points. The latter have a wide north-south distribution across arid Australia, but bifacial points have been found only in the north of the Northern Territory. Rock-paintings include giant mythical beings, animals (some in ‘X-ray’ style), men on horseback and revolvers. Fragments of PANARAMiTEE-style engravings were found in layers dated 30005000 be.