John A Webb

Biographic Data

ID358353
NAMEJohn A Webb
GIVEN NAMESJohn A
FAMILY NAMEWebb
SIGNATUREWEBB J A
AFFILIATIONSLa Trobe University
ORCID0000-0002-6357-5966
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS35
TOTAL CITATIONS264
AUTHOR COUNT35
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX8

  • Associations between child protective services workers’ attitudes toward kinship foster care placement, sociodemographic characteristics, and job characteristics

    Pamela Lilleston, Jessica Borden et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Child Welfare2026References: 29

  • The archaeology of eastern Lutruwita (Tasmania)

    Open AccessRichard Cosgrove, John A Webb et al.ARTICLEArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology…2024Cited by: 1References: 47

    Fifty years have passed since the first systematic archaeological surveys and excavations were conducted in Lutruwita (Tasmania). Despite numerous Late Pleistocene archaeological discoveries in the southwest region, no indisputable pre‐Holocene sites have been found in eastern Tasmania. This profound difference raises questions about how Aboriginal people utilised the Lutruwita landscape; first as a projecting peninsula into the Southern Ocean an…

  • Facets of Variation: Macrocrystalline quartz reduction at Moolarben, central NSW, Australia

    Open AccessTrudy Doelman, John A WebbARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2023References: 27

    Macrocrystalline quartz is an abundant raw material used widely for artefact manufacture. In Australia its procurement, reduction and use are now considered more complex than previously thought. The analysis of a mid-late Holocene assemblage from Moolarben in eastern Australia demonstrates how geoarchaeological variability influences the manufacture of macrocrystalline quartz artefacts. The different flaking proprieties of the three available mac…

  • Wadi Hammeh 27: An Open-air ‘Base-camp’ on the Fringe of the Natufian ‘Homeland’

    Open AccessPhillip C Edwards, Fanny Bocquentin et al.CHAPTERNatufian Foragers in the Levant2022

  • Effect of surface weathering on portable X‐Ray fluorescence analysis of artefacts: Evidence from Tasmanian hornfels

    Open AccessJeff Theys, John A WebbARTICLEGeoarchaeology2021Cited by: 1References: 10

    Hornfels was commonly utilised by Aboriginal people in southeastern Tasmania for stone artefact manufacture. Sourcing of hornfels artefacts in this region using pXRF analysis is potentially compromised by the weathering patina generally present on this lithology. To understand the impact of weathering on hornfels composition, the mineralogy and chemical composition of weathered and unweathered hornfels were analysed, and weathering was simulated …

  • Cherts and prehistory in the Near East… recent advances: An introduction

    Open AccessChristophe Delage, John A WebbARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2020

  • Wala-gaay Guwingal: A twentieth century Aboriginal culturally modified tree with an embedded stone tool

    Caroline Spry, Elspeth Hayes et al.ARTICLEAustralian Archaeology2020Cited by: 5References: 11

    Aboriginal culturally modified trees are a distinctive feature of the Australian archaeological record, generating insights into Aboriginal interactions with wood and bark, which rarely survive in archaeological contexts. However, they are under-studied, in decline and typically presumed to pre-date the 20th century. Here we investigate the origin of a scar with a stone tool embedded in the scar overgrowth, located in the Central Tablelands, New …

  • Sourcing hornfels artefacts in eastern Tasmania: Understanding Aboriginal mobility in a lithic-rich landscape

    Open AccessJeff Theys, John A Webb et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2019Cited by: 3References: 18

  • Wadi Hammeh 27: An Open-air ‘Base-camp’ on the Fringe of the Natufian ‘Homeland’

    Open AccessPhillip C Edwards, Fanny Bocquentin et al.CHAPTERNatufian Foragers in the Levant2018

  • Elemental differences: Geochemical identification of aboriginal silcrete sources in the Arcadia Valley, eastern Australia

    Open AccessGrant W G Cochrane, John A Webb et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2016Cited by: 5References: 25

  • Paleochannels and Patches: A Geoarchaeological Assessment of Silcrete Sources in the Cumberland Plain, Eastern Australia

    Open AccessTrudy Doelman, J Webb et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2015Cited by: 4References: 17

    Although Aboriginal occupation dates to the Pleistocene, silcrete artifacts only begin to dominate archaeological sites found in the Cumberland Plain of western Sydney, eastern Australia, during the mid‐late Holocene. These assemblages routinely include large numbers of backed artifacts. A geoarchaeological survey of five potential silcrete source areas found that silcrete is irregularly distributed along ridgelines within gravel patches that rep…

  • Silcrete quarries and artefact distribution in the Central Queensland Highlands, Eastern Australia

    Open AccessJohn A Webb, John Webb et al.ARTICLEArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology…2013Cited by: 13References: 53

    A geoarchaeological study of silcrete in the Central Queensland Highlands highlights the importance of geological context in understanding the procurement, use and transport of artefacts. This study shows, by focusing on a newly discovered silcrete quarry, that silcrete formed beneath basalt by silicification of stream sediments and underlying sandstone. Silcrete outcrops are largely restricted to cliffs where the base of the basalt is exposed, n…

  • A progress report on research into stone artefacts of the southern Arcadia Valley, central Queensland

    Grant W G Cochrane, Phillip J Habgood et al.ARTICLEAustralian Archaeology2012Cited by: 11References: 8

    We report on progress made to date on a collaborative project which aims to shed light on various aspects of lithic technology in the southern Arcadia Valley, central Queensland. Analysis of >4000 stone artefacts indicates that silcrete was an important lithic resource locally. Initial results from portable x-ray fluorescence analysis of a sample of artefacts suggests that this technique may be capable of characterising geochemical signatures for…

  • Production of Stone Spades and Emergence of the First State in the Yiluo region, China

    Open AccessLiu Li, Zilin Bai et al.ARTICLEInternet Archaeology2009References: 4

    The Yiluo region witnessed a long history of Neolithic development (c. 6000-2000 BC), followed by some rapid social changes during the Bronze Age (c. 2000-200 BC). This is a heartland of Chinese civilisation, as the earliest state emerged at the Erlitou site (c. 1900-1500 BC) in the centre of the Yiluo basin. Our Yiluo archaeology project, initiated in 1997, is a long-term internationally collaborative and interdisciplinary programme, which holds…

  • Heat treatment of Polish flints

    Open AccessMarian Domański, Marian M Domanski et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2009Cited by: 37References: 6

  • The Relationship Between Lithology, Flaking Properties and Artefact Manufacture for Australian Silcretes

    Open AccessJohn A Webb, Marian M Domanski et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2008Cited by: 6References: 40

    Mechanical properties of Australian silcrete strongly influenced raw material selection and artefact manufacture. Microcrystalline silcrete, with high compressive and tensile strength, is suitable for blade tools requiring fine retouch. Fine‐grained silcrete (high compressive strength but lower tensile strength) was often used for blade‐based implements, but is more susceptible to edge fracturing. Medium‐grained silcrete has poor flaking properti…

  • A Review of Heat Treatment Research

    Marian Domański, Marian M Domanski et al.ARTICLELithic Technology2007

    The recognition of intentional heat treatment of stone artifacts in the archaeological record has been a major research topic since the initial study by Crabtree and Butler (1964). Ethnographic and archaeological records reveal two methods of intentional thermal alteration: controlled heat treatment most commonly used to enhance the flaking quality of stone, and thermal shock fracturing often applied to produce angular facets on rounded nodules o…

  • [Special Section on the Yiluo Project] Influences on Selection of Lithic Raw Material Sources at Huizui, a Neolithic/Early Bronze Age Site in Northern China

    Open AccessJohn A Webb, John Webb et al.ARTICLEBulletin of the Indo-Pacific…2007Cited by: 3

    At Huizui, a major centre of ground stone tool manufacture, five main lithologies were used, each for a particular purpose: oolitic dolomite for spades; diabase for axes, adzes and chisels; fine micaceous sandstone for knives and sickles; other sandstone for grinding slabs; and fine limestone for lime. This reflects the functional properties of these lithologies. Diabase, oolitic dolomite and fine micaceous sandstone are tough and take sharp edge…

  • Gender differences in the mediated relationship between alcohol use and academic motivation among late adolescents

    John A Webb, Todd Moore et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2007

    This study utilized structural equation modeling to examine the relationship between alcohol use and academic motivation controlling for potentially mediating variables of deviant behavior, depressive cognitions, family communication, and peer relations. The study also examined the manner in which these relationships were moderated by gender. Results indicated that alcohol use was directly related to deviance for both males and females, but was n…

  • Fear appeals in social marketing: Strategic and ethical reasons for concern

    Open AccessGerard Hastings, Miriam Stead et al.ARTICLEPsychology and Marketing2004

    This article criticizes the predominant use of fear appeals in social marketing. Laboratory studies, which have been the basis for most of the research on fear appeals and which generally suggest that high fear works, have limitations that include forced exposure, short‐term measurement, and an overdependence on student samples. Although, unfortunately, field research evaluations of fear appeals are few, they usually reveal that fear has both wea…

  • Challenges in Evaluating Rural Health Programs

    Open AccessJoyce Beaulieu, Joyce E Beaulieu et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2002

    Complex community‐based prevention programs are being held to scientific euidence of their eflectiveness and rural public health departments that implement such programs often are not equipped fo evaluate them Rural public health departments are fettered by small budgets, small staffs, and less access to evaluation experts and similar resources Community‐based health promotion programs can include complex designs that may work diferently in rural…

  • Gender, perceived parental monitoring, and behavioral adjustment: Influences on adolescent alcohol use

    John A Webb, James H Bray et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2002References: 34

    This study examined relationships among gender, perceived parental monitoring, externalizing behaviors, and adolescent alcohol use in a 2-wave longitudinal study. Females reported more perceived parental monitoring and less alcohol use than males. Perceived maternal and paternal monitoring were related to less alcohol use over time. Increases in alcohol use were associated with increases in externalizing behaviors over time. Perceived maternal mo…

  • Gender, perceived parental monitoring and behavioral adjustment: Influences on adolescent alcohol use

    John A Webb, James H Bray et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2002

  • Source to discard: Patterns of lithic raw material procurement and use in Sturt National Park, northwestern New South Wales

    Open AccessTrudy Doelman, John A Webb et al.ARTICLEArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology…2001Cited by: 44References: 44

    Sturt National Park, located in arid Northwestern New South Wales, has an abundance of stone sources occurring as outcrops and pavements of rounded cobbles (gibber); the flaking quality of the silcrete varies according to its geological characteristics. Detailed studies have focused on the procurement and use of these silcrete sources using a quarry and two nearby lithic scatters in the Stud Creek catchment. The results show that quarry location …

  • Flaking properties, petrology and use of Polish flint

    Open AccessMarian Domański, Marian M Domanski et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2000Cited by: 10References: 11

    The technical and aesthetic qualities of the many varieties of Polish flint utilized from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age are analysed and assessed, and show how different flints were selected for different purposes