Tales of Multifunctionality
A Systematic Quantitative Literature Review of Boomerangs Used as Retouchers in Australian Aboriginal Cultures
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 11829331 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Eva Martellotta (0000-0002-2564-8060, Griffith University, autor de correspondencia), Adam Brumm (0000-0002-2276-3258, Griffith University), M C Langley (0000-0002-0299-5561, Griffith University) |
| Año | 2022 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2022-04-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1072-5369 • E-ISSN: 1573-7764 |
| Editorial | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10816-022-09561-x |
| OpenAlex | W4293182735 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 4 |
| Referencias citadas | 45 |
Boomerangs are among the most recognisable elements of Australian Aboriginal technology. In the popular mindset, the prevailing image of these wooden artefacts is that of thrown implements that return to the thrower, principally used for hunting animals. However, boomerangs have a deep multipurpose role in Indigenous societies, with just a few examples of their known functions, including fighting, digging, and making music ( i.e ., “clap sticks”). Recently, yet another function for boomerangs has been proposed (Martellotta et al ., 2021): the functional modification of lithic tools ( i.e ., retouching)—a form of use that is almost unknown among non-Aboriginal researchers. Here, we provide the first comprehensive review of evidence for the use of boomerangs as lithic retouching tools (percussors). A detailed lexical analysis demonstrates similarities between Palaeolithic bone retouchers used for the same purposes as the Australian hardwood boomerangs, thus confirming our traceological hypothesis and the power of using a multidisciplinary approach in investigating Australia’s deep past. This paper provides the foundation for discussions surrounding the multipurpose concept behind many Aboriginal tools by focusing on the most iconic item. We propose that, in future studies, the complex technological and functional features of boomerangs should take precedence over their famous “returning effect”
Archaeology · Cognitive science · Digging · Form and function · Function (biology · Indigenous · Mindset · Sociology · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Computer Science · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence · Ecology
Mobility and the Importance of Bone and Bulb Retouchers in the Middle Palaeolithic of the Swabian Jura
An Indigenous process method for conducting the literature review
Traditional cultural knowledge and functional analysis of a non-returning wangim (boomerang) from Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country, southeastern Australia
Bulb retouchers half a million years ago
Archaeology of Ancient Australia
Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences
The Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers
Current Developments in Bone Technology
Ethnological Studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines
Griffith University
The benefits of publishing systematic quantitative literature reviews for PhD candidates and other early-career researchers
Identification of Woodworking on Stone Tools through Residue and Use-Wear Analyses
Some Wood and Stone Implements of the Bindibu Tribe of Central Western Australia
Tula Adzes And Bifacial Points On The East Coast Of Australia
Réflexion autour de la fonction des retouchoirs en os de l’Aurignacien ancien
A 600-year-old Boomerang fragment from Riwi Cave(South Central Kimberley, Western Australia)
The use of bones as retouchers at Unit III of Teixoneres Cave (MIS 3; Moià, Barcelona, Spain)
New data from old collections
Bone retouchers from the Mousterian Quina site of De Nadale Cave (Berici Hills, north-eastern Italy)
The effect of retouch intensity on mid to late Holocene unifacial and bifacial points from the Kimberley
The Neandertal bone industry at Chagyrskaya cave, Altai Region, Russia
Bifacial Flintknapping in the Northwest Kimberley, Western Australia
Middle Paleolithic bone retouchers in Southeastern France
The Mousterian bone retouchers of Noisetier Cave
When Neanderthals used cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) remains
Hut sites, Rock engravings, Stone arrangements, and Tjurunga. Mulligan River, Queensland
Bone as a technological raw material at the Gran Dolina site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain)
Are osseous artefacts a window to perishable material culture? Implications of an unusually complex bone tool from the Late Pleistocene of East Timor
The use of bone retouchers in a Mousterian context of Discoid lithic technology
The Arunta
Is the Boomerang Oriental
The Tula Adze
Technological Organization and Settlement Mobility
Palaeolithic Reflections
The Archaeo-Ethnology of Hunter-Gatherers or the Tyranny of the Ethnographic Record in Archaeology
The Lithic Assemblage of the Western Desert Aborigines of Australia
Un análisis tecno-funcional de los retocadores óseos musterienses del norte de la Península Ibérica, y su aplicación al estudio de los grupos neandertales
Australian Throwing-sticks, Throwing-clubs, and Boomerangs1
| Obras citantes distintas | 4 |
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| Citas por año | 1,33 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 4 |