Integrating ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetic mapping to understand prehistoric mounds, Mapoon area, Queensland, Australia

Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetic surveying of 17 earth mounds on the northern Cape York Peninsula show that prior to the construction of the mound areas were used as food processing or ritual activities that included organic matter and burning. Later, perhaps with increased population and cultural complexity, these areas were transformed into raised mounds,…