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Ancient Ash in an Australian Cave May Have Helped Track the Footsteps of
Spirit-Beings
Learn how microscopic plant remains in Cloggs Cave connect 25,000 years of
grass burning with GunaiKurnai magic and ritual traditions.
澳洲洞天福地中的古代地炉灰烬或有助于追踪灵体的神迹
了解克洛格斯洞穴中微小的植物遗骸如何将 25,000 年前的草地燃烧与古奈库尔奈魔法和
仪式传统联系起来。
4.完整新闻内文:
Ancient Ash in an Australian Cave May Have Helped Track the Footsteps of
Spirit-Beings
Learn how microscopic plant remains in Cloggs Cave connect 25,000 years of
grass burning with GunaiKurnai magic and ritual traditions.
澳洲洞天福地中的古代地炉灰烬或有助于追踪灵体的神迹
了解克洛格斯洞穴中微小的植物遗骸如何将 25,000 年前的草地燃烧与古奈库尔奈魔法和
仪式传统联系起来。
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Written byAnastasia Scott
Jul 22, 2026, 12:00 PM
作者：阿纳斯塔西娅‧史考特
2026年7月22日 下午12:00
Across roughly 1,000 generations, GunaiKurnai Old Ancestors carried whole
grass plants into the dark interior of Cloggs Cave and burned them across the
floor. The resulting ash may have served a purpose described in GunaiKurnai
traditional knowledge, helping practitioners perform magic and track the
footsteps of anyone who entered, including spirit-Beings.
Reaching the main chamber meant passing through a curving corridor less than
3 feet wide. It continued for approximately 16 feet before ending in a nearly
4-foot drop to the cave floor. Through it, people transported grasses with
their roots, stems, leaves, and flower heads still attached.
GunaiKurnai knowledge and 19th-century accounts identify caves in the region
as secluded places where mulla-mullung, powerful learned women and men, and
other spiritual practitioners performed magic, healing, and cursing rituals.
A new study published in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology identified
microscopic remains of whole grasses deliberately burned inside Cloggs Cave
across a span of 25,000 years.
“Here we show that the Old Ancestors selected whole grasses from the wider
landscape and carried them into Cloggs Cave to spread out in thin layers and
burn. Over time, sediments covered these burnt layers, preserving each layer
on top of another over thousands of years,” said Elle Grono, co-author of
the study, in a press release.
大约一千代以来，古奈库尔奈的先祖们将整株草本植物带入克洛格斯洞穴幽暗的深处，并
在洞穴地面上焚烧。由此产生的灰烬可能在古奈库尔奈的传统知识中有所记载，它能帮助
修行者施展魔法，并追踪所有进入洞穴之人的足迹，包括灵体。
到达主洞室需要穿过一条狭窄的走廊，这条走廊不到3英尺宽。走廊延伸约16英尺后，尽
头是一个近4英尺高的落差，直达洞底。人们曾用这条走廊搬运连根带茎、连叶带花
头的草。
GunaiKurnai 的知识和 19 世纪的记录表明，该地区的洞穴是僻静的地方，强大的博学男
女 mulla-mullung 和其他精神修行者在那里进行魔法、治疗和诅咒仪式。
发表在《环境考古学前沿》上的一项新研究发现，在克洛格斯洞穴内，有长达 25,000 年
的时间里，有人故意焚烧了整株草的微观遗骸。
“我们发现，远古祖先从更广阔的土地上挑选整株草，带入克洛格斯洞穴，铺成薄层后焚
烧。随着时间的推移，沉积物覆蓋了这些烧焦的草层，使每一层都得以保存数千年之久，
”该研究的合著者艾莉·格罗诺在新闻稿中说道。
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GunaiKurnai Elder Uncle Russell Mullett at the entrance of Cloggs Cave
(Image Credit: Jess Shapiro, courtesy of GunaiKurnai Land and Waters
Corporation)
古奈库尔奈族长老罗素‧穆莱特叔叔在克洛格斯洞穴入口处
（图片来源：Jess Shapiro，由 GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Corporation 提供）
Cloggs Cave Phytoliths Help Distinguish Human Activity From Possum Activity
Cloggs Cave lies on the Country of the GunaiKurnai, the Aboriginal
Traditional Custodians of Gippsland and the southern Victorian Alps in
Australia. Their Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation requested the
excavations, and community representatives helped design the research,
conduct fieldwork, interpret the evidence, and share the findings. Following
guidance from Elders, the study refers to past generations as “Old Ancestors.
”
Phytoliths are tiny silica structures that can remain after plants decay or
burn. This makes them useful in ash layers where heat may have destroyed the
pollen.
No plants grow in the cave’s main chamber, so every phytolith had to arrive
from outside. People were one possible carrier. Common brushtail possums,
whose droppings appeared throughout the deposits, were another.
Researchers compared the cave sediment with 13 preserved possum droppings.
Individual droppings were often dominated by one phytolith shape, perhaps
reflecting a single night’s meal. The unburned particles could have come
from either source, but none of the droppings contained burned or melted
phytoliths. The scorched particles in the sediment therefore provided a clear
record of human activity.
克洛格斯洞穴植物硅酸体有助于区分人类活动和负鼠活动
克洛格斯洞穴位于澳洲吉普斯兰和维多利亚州南部阿尔卑斯山脉的原住民传统守护者—
古奈库奈人的土地上。他们的土地和水域原住民公司请求进行此次挖掘，社区代表协助设
计研究方案、进行实地考察、解读证据并分享研究成果。根据长者的指导，研究将过去的
世代称为“祖先”。
植物硅酸体是微小的二氧化硅结构，植物腐烂或燃烧后会残留下来。这使得它们在灰烬层
中非常有用，因为高温可能破坏了花粉。
洞穴主洞室里没有植物生长，所以所有的植物硅酸体都必然来自洞外。人类是可能的携带
者之一。另一种可能是普通刷尾负鼠，它们的粪便遍布沉积物中。
研究人员将洞穴沉积物与13份保存完好的负鼠粪便进行了比较。每份粪便通常都以一种植
物硅酸体的形状为主，这可能反映了负鼠一晚的进食情况。未燃烧的颗粒可能来自上述任
何一种来源，但所有粪便中均未发现燃烧或熔化的植物硅酸体。因此，沉积物中被烧焦的
颗粒清楚地记录了人类活动。
Why Researchers Link the Grass Fires to Ritual
The phytoliths show what people burned, but they cannot reveal why on their
own. Researchers drew that interpretation from how the fires burned and the
cultural evidence surrounding them.
Most phytoliths were neither blackened nor melted, and the ash layers
contained little charcoal. That pattern points to relatively cool surface
fires made with soft vegetation. The study connects these fires with
GunaiKurnai traditions of using ash in magic and producing smoke for
ceremonial and medicinal practices.
Nineteenth-century accounts also describe ash, charcoal, and grass used
together in GunaiKurnai rituals. Men conducting initiation ceremonies were
smeared with ash and charcoal powder and wore tufts of grass.
研究人员为何将草原火灾与仪式连结起来
植物硅酸体显示了人们焚烧的物品，但它们本身无法揭示焚烧的原因。研究人员根据火的
燃烧方式和相关的文化证据得出了这个解释。
大多数植物硅酸体既未变黑也未熔化，灰烬层中木炭含量也很少。这种特征表明，这些火
是用柔软的植被在相对低温的地表上燃烧产生的。该研究将这些火与古奈库尔奈人使用灰
烬进行巫术仪式以及产生烟雾用于祭祀和医药活动的传统联系起来。
十九世纪的记载也描述了在古奈库尔奈仪式中同时使用灰烬、木炭和草。主持入会仪式的
男子身上涂满灰烬和木炭粉，头上戴着一簇簇草。
Four Centuries of Fires Surrounded a Standing Stone
One part of the cave contained 73 thin ash layers deposited between
approximately 4,400 and 1,600 years ago. Among them stood an 11-inch
(28-centimeter) stone erected approximately 2,000 years ago. Old Ancestors
repeatedly burned vegetation around it for roughly 400 years.
Deeper deposits held two miniature fireplaces dating to approximately 11,000
and 12,000 years ago. Each contained a trimmed Casuarina stick smeared with
animal or human fat.
The meaning of each fire remains beyond reach, but every ash layer records a
return. Generation after generation, Old Ancestors moved through the narrow
corridor, carried plants into the dark chamber, and added to a history
already thousands of years old.
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This article references information from a study published in Frontiers in
Environmental Archaeology: Phytoliths from Cloggs Cave, GunaiKurnai Country
(southeastern Australia) reveal the gathering of whole grasses for burning
practices inside the cave
四个世纪的烈火环绕着一块立石
洞穴的一部分包含73层薄薄的火山灰层，沉积时间大约在4400年前至1600年前之间。其中
矗立著一块11吋（28公分）长的石头，大约有2000年的历史。大约400年来，古人反复焚
烧石头周围的植被。
在更深的沉积层中发现了两个小型壁炉，其年代分别可追溯到大约 11000 年前和 12000
年前。每个壁炉里都有一根涂有动物或人类脂肪的修剪过的木麻黄树枝。
每一场大火的意义都很难捉摸，但每一层灰烬都记录著一次轮回。一代又一代，先祖们穿
过狭窄的走廊，将植物带入幽暗的墓室，为这段已延续数千年的历史添砖加瓦。
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洛格斯洞穴的植物硅酸体揭示了洞穴内采集整株草用于焚烧的习俗。
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教育部台湾台语常用词辞典
炉丹
lôo-tan
释义
名词 香灰。烧香之后残余在香炉中的灰烬。
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