Palaeolithic Reflections: Lithic Technology and Ethnographic Excavation Among Australian Aborigines

Author(s): Brian Hayden

Year: 1979

Summary

J. Whittaker: Very detailed description of stone tools and use experiments conducted with aboriginal men and women in Australia. Includes some information on manufacture of woomera type “meru” spear throwers (scoop shape with adze stone hafted in handle) and “crude” spears. [Focus is on hyper-detailed descriptions of use of simple stone tools and their manufacture and wear, useful for lithic studies, not very useful for atlatl interests. Most informants had not actually used stone tools since the 1940s, and were not all competent. No illustrations of finished spear throwers, so hard to judge how well they did.]

Cite this Record

Palaeolithic Reflections: Lithic Technology and Ethnographic Excavation Among Australian Aborigines. Brian Hayden. New Jersey: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra and Humanities Press Inc. 1979 ( tDAR id: 420679)

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

General
Atlatl • Ethnoarchaeology • Hunting • knapping • Weapon

Geographic Keywords
AUSTRALIA

Temporal Keywords
Newest Era

Spatial Coverage

min long: 112.952; min lat: -43.648 ; max long: 153.606; max lat: -10.71 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): EXARC Experimental Archaeology Collection Manager

Record Identifiers

ExArc Id(s): 6866

Notes

Rights & Attribution: The information in this record was originally compiled by Dr. Roeland Paardekooper, EXARC Director.