Fig 1.
Distribution of archaeological dingo and dog burials, including unverified pseudo-burials and cases reported in news media.
Table 1.
Archaeological dingo and dog burials reported in published archaeological literature and news media.
Blank cells indicate lack of data.
Fig 2.
Aerial and stowed canid burials in the Kimberley.
a: Burial tree with 2m high bier used for canid aerial burials on Sunday Island, western Kimberley photographed by the Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia (1910–1911), Courtesy of the National Museum of Ethnography. Stockholm, Sweden. No. 0086a.067 [91]. b: Stowed canid burial recorded in a rockshelter crevice Adcock Gorge, central Kimberley, in physical association with human burial [elements censored]. Red arrow denotes canid left cranial fragment comprising incisive, maxilla and zygomatic bones. Photograph courtesy of K. Akerman.
Fig 3.
1CU5 site plan, redrawn from original by Branagan and Megaw [92].
Squares prefixed CU/- designate initial test pits from the 1962–63 field season transect.
Table 2.
AMS direct dates from Curracurrang dingoes.
Calibrated ranges produced in OxCal 4.4.4 using ShCal20 calibration curve (Bronk Ramsey 2021).
Fig 4.
Selected elements of 1CU5/16 dingo burial.
a) right maxillary fragment with occlusal view of teeth; b) lateral and medial view of right hemimandible; c) oblique view of right humerus; d) oblique view of left humerus; e) anterior and posterior view of left radius. Arrows on humeri denote carnivore damage; arrows on radius denote osteophytes.
Fig 5.
Pathological features of 1CU5/16 dingo burial.
a) posterior and anterior view of lumbar vertebra; b) and c) posterior views of lumbar vertebrae; d) oblique view of distal left humerus; e) caudal view of distal right tibia; f) lateral view of partial left pelvis; g) medial, anterior and lateral views of distal right femur. Arrows denote lesions possibly associated with cancer.
Fig 6.
Scatterplot comparing maximum length of maxillary P3 and P4 teeth in 1CU5/16 and 243 modern dingoes from six biogeographic populations.
Table 3.
Identified remains of dingo pups from Curracurrang.
Fig 7.
Mandibular and dental elements of the second older adult dingo from the upper midden of Square CU/20.
a) lateral view of right hemimandible; b-d) views of carnassial and lower 2nd molar teeth; e) lateral view of left hemimandible.
Fig 8.
Lateral views of juvenile dingo mandibles from Curracurrang.
a) Square 2, Spit 3 b) Square 0, Spit 1; c) Square 4, Spit 5; d) Square 4, Spit 3; e) Square CU/5, Disturbed fill; f) Square 2, Spit 4; g) Square 1, Spit 1.