Artefact scatters are the most prevalent type of site location recorded on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage database. The dataset is provided by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It was last updated on 2026-05-27.
Use Cases
- Map the distribution of cultural heritage sites based on recorded site locations.
- Analyze the prevalence of artefact scatters compared to other site types.
- Support land-use planning and development assessments to avoid impacts on cultural heritage.
Strengths
- Data is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
- The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-27, suggesting recent maintenance.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- [email protected], Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
- Collection Method
- Likely extracted from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage database.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-27 14:35:35.860924
- Geography
- Likely Queensland, Australia, given the source organization.