Skeletal remains from a burial in New South Wales exhibit evidence of fatal trauma, of a kind normally indicative of sharp metal weapons, yet the burial dates to the mid thirteenth century�600 years before European settlers reached the area. Could sharp-edged wooden weapons from traditional Aboriginal culture inflict injuries similar to those resulting from later, metal blades? Analysis indicates that the wooden weapons known as �Lil-lils� and the fighting boomerangs (�Wonna�) both have blades that could fit within the dimensions of the major trauma and are capable of having caused the fatal wounds.
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