A cache of tulas from the Boulia district, western Queensland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6038882 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Hiscock (0000-0002-8893-4742, Anthropology Section, Queensland Museum P.O. Box 300 South Brisbane 4101, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 60-70 |
| Publication date | 1988-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0728-4896 • E-ISSN: 1834-4453 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1834-4453.1988.tb00188.x |
| OpenAlex | W2111322585 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 42 |
| References cited | 21 |
The excavation and analysis of fifty stone artefacts found in a prehistoric pit on Mucklandama Creek, in western Queensland is described. These artefacts provide information on the manufacture, of tulas and on the differentiation of unused and exhausted tulas. It is argued that the feature recovered from Mucklandama Creek is a cache of unused tulas destined for barter. A radiocarbon date demonstrates that the cache is less than 1000 years old. A review of data from other parts of Australia reveals that similar caches are a recent phenomenon. It is suggested that the appearance of such caches may be related to an intensification of trade and settlement restructuring in the late Holocene
Archaeology · Barter · Cache · Economics · Excavation · Geography · Prehistory · Radiocarbon dating · Settlement (finance · World Wide Web · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology
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Projectile points, people, and Plains Paleoindian perambulations
Caching and Native Well
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Lithic technologies from a stone hut and arrangement complex in Pitta Pitta Country Queensland, and the detection of social learning in archaeology
Stone assemblages from the surroundings of Tennant Creek (Northern Territory, Australia) Part I – Flaked stone assemblage
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| Unique citing works | 42 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,11 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2026 (39) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 40 |