There is a distinct lack of information regarding interactions between thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) and Aboriginal Australians. Their depiction in Australian rock art is not unusual, yet only one example of an artefact made from thylacine remains has been recovered from the archaeological record. This absence of thylacine-based Indigenous material culture is conspicuous, especially since the raw materials such a large mammal provides would be useful and thus their depiction in art but absence from “things” appears significant. To investigate whether substantial opportunity existed for the exploitation of thylacines for the purpose of material culture production, and thus that sampling or cultural factors must instead be at play for their absence from the record, the location of known palaeontological, archaeological and rock art sites related to thylacines were mapped in time and space. Dated contexts are compared to create an overall picture of the overlap between thylacine habitat and human territories. We found that there was a significant period where interaction between this enigmatic animal and First Australians occurred, and, therefore, a lack of contact is not the reason for the near total absence of thylacine bones, teeth and other materials being missing from Indigenous material culture

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看不见或被忽视：调查澳大利亚考古记录中缺乏基于袋狼的物质文化

明显缺乏关于袋狼之间相互作用的信息（袋狼) 和澳大利亚原住民。他们在澳大利亚岩画中的描绘并不少见，但从考古记录中只发现了一个由袋狼遗骸制成的人工制品。缺乏基于袋狼的本土材料文化是显而易见的，特别是因为这样一种大型哺乳动物提供的原材料是有用的，因此它们在艺术中的描绘但缺乏“事物”似乎很重要。调查是否存在为物质文化生产目的而开发袋狼的大量机会，因此，采样或文化因素必须在记录中缺席的情况下发挥作用，已知古生物学、考古学和岩石艺术遗址的位置相关袋狼的时间和空间被映射。比较过时的背景以创建袋狼栖息地和人类领土之间重叠的整体图。我们发现，这种神秘动物与第一批澳大利亚人之间的互动发生了很长一段时间，因此，缺乏接触并不是土著物质文化中几乎完全没有袋狼骨骼、牙齿和其他材料的原因