These items include stratigraphic and cross-sectional diagrams by Tindale relating to the 1929-1930 archaeological excavations at Devon Downs and Tartanga, South Australia. Includes pre-publication art work. Data and observations were recorded in a 1930 journal paper by HM Hale and NB Tindale published in Records of the South Australian Museum, Vol. 4(2), pp. 145-218.
Items are as follows:
- Untitled drawing and notes in pencil shows excavation and floodline data by Tindale and Hale (see AA 124, 65x77 cm)
- 'Diagrammatic Section of Old Devon Downs Cliff Shelter. Scale 1/10th.' Pencil and india ink on card (75x96 cm)
- 'Diagrammatic Section of Old Devon Downs Cliff Shelter & Talus. Scale 1/20th.' Note on reverse reads, 'Plan of Devon Downs after first excavation'. Pencil and india ink on card (78x136 cm)
- 'Tartangan Beds, Tartanga R[iver] M[urray] S.A.' (note on reverse). Published as figure 4 in Tindale and Hale, Records of the South Australian Museum, 1930, vol. 4(2). Water colour and india ink on card (42x153 cm)
- 'Diagrammatic Cross-section of Murray Valley at Tartanga, Section 277, Hundred of Ridley S.A.' (note on reverse). Published as figure 3 in Tindale and Hale, Records of the South Australian Museum, 1930, vol. 4(2). Water colour and india ink on card (39x138 cm)
- Untitled diagram shows cross-sections labelled A to H between 'river' and 'lagoon'. Water colour and india ink on card (42x131 cm)
Creator: Dr Norman Barnett Tindale
Control: AA 338/2/84/2-7
Quantity:
7
hand-drawn diagrams (various sizes)
Formats: Drawings, Sketches, Diagrams
Series:
AA338/02