M W Moore
Biographic Data
| ID | 3808490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M W Moore |
| GIVEN NAMES | M W |
| FAMILY NAME | Moore |
| SIGNATURE | MOORE M W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New England |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4768-5329 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 163 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The mechanics and kinematics of freehand and anvil-supported flake retouching
The tula adze is one of the best-described artefact types of the Australian archaeological record. Historical records describe the production of these retouched flakes and their function as hafted woodworking tools. A thick, short flake with a prominent bulb of percussion was retouched into shape across the distal end using either a hard hammerstone or a wooden indentor, with further retouch occurring during the life of the tool as it was used an…
Scratching the Surface
Hominin Stone Flaking and the Emergence of ‘Top-down’ Design in Human Evolution
The philosopher Daniel Dennett argues that complex structures in the natural and cultural worlds emerge from two types of design. Bottom-up design involves the rote action of a simple algorithm in an environment constrained by physical laws. Top-down design involves deliberation and planning, and is unique to modern humans. Identifying the emergence of top-down design in the hominin lineage is an important research challenge, and the archaeologic…
Saruq al-Hadid
In this paper, the authors use the site of Saruq al-Hadid – a 'persistent temporary place' located in the mobile dune fields of the north eastern edge of the Rub' al-Khali desert – as a lens to focus discussion on the variable nature of temporary sites and mobile adaptations within the archaeology of southeastern Arabia, the relationships between temporary sites and permanent settlements, and the evidence for collective events and gatherings from…
Untangling time-averaging in shell middens
The Brremangurey pearl
A small marine pearl was recovered at the Brremangurey rockshelter, on the Kimberley coast, from layers dating to approximately 2000 years ago. In an area famous for its pearls and history of cultured pearl production, public interest centred on whether the pearl was as old as the layer in which it was contained, or whether it was a recent cultured pearl that had infiltrated down from above. The near-spherical shape of the pearl hinted at a possi…
Continuities in stone flaking technology at Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia
Climate, people and faunal succession on Java, Indonesia
Technology of Hunter Valley microlith assemblages, New South Wales
This study was prepared as part of a lithic analysis for an archaeological testing project undertaken by the Australian Museum Business Services in 1996 at three Aboriginal sites encountered on Bettys Creek, near Singleton in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. The goal of the analysis was to determine the place of the Bettys Creek assemblage within Hunter Valley lithic technology, thereby providing information relevant to evaluating the signif…
Jeroboam's Calves
Continuities in stone flaking technology at Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia
Climate, people and faunal succession on Java, Indonesia
Saruq al-Hadid
In this paper, the authors use the site of Saruq al-Hadid – a 'persistent temporary place' located in the mobile dune fields of the north eastern edge of the Rub' al-Khali desert – as a lens to focus discussion on the variable nature of temporary sites and mobile adaptations within the archaeology of southeastern Arabia, the relationships between temporary sites and permanent settlements, and the evidence for collective events and gatherings from…
Technology of Hunter Valley microlith assemblages, New South Wales
This study was prepared as part of a lithic analysis for an archaeological testing project undertaken by the Australian Museum Business Services in 1996 at three Aboriginal sites encountered on Bettys Creek, near Singleton in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. The goal of the analysis was to determine the place of the Bettys Creek assemblage within Hunter Valley lithic technology, thereby providing information relevant to evaluating the signif…
Scratching the Surface
Hominin Stone Flaking and the Emergence of ‘Top-down’ Design in Human Evolution
The philosopher Daniel Dennett argues that complex structures in the natural and cultural worlds emerge from two types of design. Bottom-up design involves the rote action of a simple algorithm in an environment constrained by physical laws. Top-down design involves deliberation and planning, and is unique to modern humans. Identifying the emergence of top-down design in the hominin lineage is an important research challenge, and the archaeologic…
The Brremangurey pearl
A small marine pearl was recovered at the Brremangurey rockshelter, on the Kimberley coast, from layers dating to approximately 2000 years ago. In an area famous for its pearls and history of cultured pearl production, public interest centred on whether the pearl was as old as the layer in which it was contained, or whether it was a recent cultured pearl that had infiltrated down from above. The near-spherical shape of the pearl hinted at a possi…
Jeroboam's Calves
Technology of Hunter Valley microlith assemblages, New South Wales
This study was prepared as part of a lithic analysis for an archaeological testing project undertaken by the Australian Museum Business Services in 1996 at three Aboriginal sites encountered on Bettys Creek, near Singleton in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. The goal of the analysis was to determine the place of the Bettys Creek assemblage within Hunter Valley lithic technology, thereby providing information relevant to evaluating the signif…
Climate, people and faunal succession on Java, Indonesia
Continuities in stone flaking technology at Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia
Untangling time-averaging in shell middens
The Brremangurey pearl
A small marine pearl was recovered at the Brremangurey rockshelter, on the Kimberley coast, from layers dating to approximately 2000 years ago. In an area famous for its pearls and history of cultured pearl production, public interest centred on whether the pearl was as old as the layer in which it was contained, or whether it was a recent cultured pearl that had infiltrated down from above. The near-spherical shape of the pearl hinted at a possi…
Saruq al-Hadid
In this paper, the authors use the site of Saruq al-Hadid – a 'persistent temporary place' located in the mobile dune fields of the north eastern edge of the Rub' al-Khali desert – as a lens to focus discussion on the variable nature of temporary sites and mobile adaptations within the archaeology of southeastern Arabia, the relationships between temporary sites and permanent settlements, and the evidence for collective events and gatherings from…
Scratching the Surface
Hominin Stone Flaking and the Emergence of ‘Top-down’ Design in Human Evolution
The philosopher Daniel Dennett argues that complex structures in the natural and cultural worlds emerge from two types of design. Bottom-up design involves the rote action of a simple algorithm in an environment constrained by physical laws. Top-down design involves deliberation and planning, and is unique to modern humans. Identifying the emergence of top-down design in the hominin lineage is an important research challenge, and the archaeologic…
The mechanics and kinematics of freehand and anvil-supported flake retouching
The tula adze is one of the best-described artefact types of the Australian archaeological record. Historical records describe the production of these retouched flakes and their function as hafted woodworking tools. A thick, short flake with a prominent bulb of percussion was retouched into shape across the distal end using either a hard hammerstone or a wooden indentor, with further retouch occurring during the life of the tool as it was used an…
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (5 works) · History (5 works) · History (5 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · Paleontology (3 works)