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Karremarter is a small limestone shelter on the western edge of Discovery Bay. Set high on a ridge overlooking the coastal flats that surround the Piccaninnie Ponds sinkholes, it was occupied by humans during the Mid-Holocene. Relevant radiocarbon dates are 7,155-6,030 cal BP and 4,088-3,614 cal BP.  One of a number of similar sized rock shelters in the area, it is only a few hundred metres from Narcurrer Shelter, and shares many of the same range of bones from human prey species. "Debris started to accumulate in these small shelters once the sea level reached its present position and wetland and littoral resources were brought into close proximity". Sites like Karremarter and Narcurrer "were infrequently and opportunistically occupied ... brief stopping-over places for people moving along the coast or from the coast to the forested hinterland." 15 vertebrate species were identified at Karremarter, much mauled. "The taxa present, together with the degree of bon