Appendix C - Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment - Peabody Energy

Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment
North Wambo Underground Mine Modification
6.3.19 Wambo Site 348 (AS E)
Wambo Site 348 (Plate 15) was an artefact scatter located on a crest above and to the west of Wambo Site
55. The scatter comprised mudstone and silcrete artefacts.
6.3.20 Wambo Site 349 (AS J)
Wambo Site 349 and Wambo Site 350 were identified as being the area described as location 1 associated
with Wambo Sites 47 to 51. A large number of artefacts were situated along the edges of the track and
down slope to the west (see additional information at 6.3.4 above and 6.3.21 below). The artefacts were
predominantly mudstone, silcrete and quartz flakes. This site was within the project area but outside of the
MA.
6.3.21 Wambo Site 351 (AS A)
This artefact scatter was located on a west facing slope that had been severely eroded and was highly
disturbed (Plate 16). A number of artefacts were identified in a rutted area along a stock track.
6.3.22 Wambo Site 352 (AS B)
Wambo Site 352 (Plate 17) was identified on a generally north facing slope above a small drainage gully.
The site was scattered on the surface of the B horizon and included a number of red, grey and yellow silcrete
flakes and cores and several yellow and red mudstone flakes.
6.3.23 Wambo Site 353 (AS C)
Wambo Site 353 (Artefact Scatter C) was located on a south facing slope near a grove of trees. A small pink
silcrete flake and two small red mudstone flakes were identified in a erosion scour in an area that had been
severely affected by sheet wash and cattle trampling (Plate 18).
6.3.24 Wambo Site 354 (AS D)
This artefact scatter was located on the surface of a dam wall (Plate 19). The area was heavily disturbed by
cattle and erosion. The artefacts included a quartzite pebble core and mudstone and silcrete flakes. The
artefacts extended to the south west along a stock trail. Sandstone boulders were close to the artefacts.
6.3.25 Wambo Site 356 (AS P)
This artefact scatter was located on a simple slope in a highly disturbed area. The paddock was used for
grazing cattle, and other disturbances included sheet wash erosion and fencing works. The artefacts were
on the surface of the B horizon in the vicinity of outcropping sandstone (Plate 20).
6.3.26 Wambo Site 357 (AS Z)
This artefact scatter was located on an ephemeral creek line to the north of a small dam. The area had been
eroded by water runoff (Plate 21). The artefacts were on the exposed surface of the B horizon and
disturbances included trampling by cattle, erosion and fencing works.
6.3.27 Wambo Site 358 (IF Y)
This isolated artefact site was located on the northern side of a dirt access track (Plate 22). The artefact
appeared to have been washed down by the heavy rain and was on the exposed surface of the B horizon.
Disturbances included fencing works, rabbit burrows and vehicle access.
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