Retouched, rejuvenated, recycled and occasionally hafted as projectiles
Stone points of Holocene Australia
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6038446 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Tim Maloney (0000-0002-1167-4743, Griffith University, autor de correspondencia), Tim Ryan Maloney |
| Año | 2020 |
| Volumen | 55 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 42-56 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2020-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0728-4896 • E-ISSN: 1834-4453 |
| Editorial | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/arco.5204 |
| OpenAlex | W2992983832 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 9 |
| Referencias citadas | 59 |
Macroscopic evidence for projectile use of stone points across the Kimberley region of northern Australia is examined using archaeological assemblages from the mid to late Holocene. There is scant evidence to support more than occasional projectile use. High rates of rejuvenation, recycling and continuous resharpening contribute to the low frequency of impact damage. The extent and location of edge damage, interpreted as probable use‐wear, is demonstrated to have distribution patterns consistent with multipurpose functions. Projectile use was merely one, albeit infrequent function of these versatile tools. This study uses use‐wear data to engage with technological organisation theory and discusses rates of use, resharpening, rejuvenation and recycling. Standardisation and an emphasis on maintainability provide the best explanation as to why people produced these tools during the Holocene
Archaeology · Forensic engineering · Geography · Holocene · Metallurgy · Physical geography · Projectile · Projectile point · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Engineering · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Materials Science · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology
Recent archaeological investigations at Widgingarri Shelter 1, northwest Australia
Flaked Stone Tools of Holocene Sahul
Progress on the identification of prehistoric heat-treated lithic artifacts
Making impact
Assessing the spread and uptake of tula adze technology in the late Holocene across the Southern Kimberley of Western Australia
The Australian Yodda
Thirsty work
Quantifying Edge Sharpness on Stone Flakes
Lithic utility and risk
Archaeology of Ancient Australia
Time, energy, and stone tools
Use-Wear Analysis of Flaked Stone Tools
Insights into early Middle Palaeolithic tool use and hafting in Western Europe. The functional analysis of level IIa of the early Middle Palaeolithic site of Biache-Saint-Vaast (France)
Microwear Analysis of Some Clovis and Experimental Chipped Stone Tools
Lithic Technology
Lithics
Lithic microwear analysis in archeology
Wear Traces and Projectile Impact
Lithics
Indigenous led archaeological excavation at Moonggaroonggoo, Gooniyandi country, Western Australia, reveals late Holocene occupation
Forum
Unexpected uses for obsidian
Blind tests shed light on possibilities and limitations for identifying stone tool prehension and hafting
Projectiles and the abuse of the use-wear method in a search for impact
The first residue analysis blind tests
Towards Quantifying Teaching and Learning in Prehistory Using Stone Artifact Reduction Sequences
Dentate and Related Stone Biface Points from Northern Australia
Re-excavation of Djuru , a Holocene rockshelter in the Southern Kimberley, North Western Australia
Beyond a suggestive morphology
Direct dating of resin hafted point technology in Australia
Late Holocene edge-ground axe production and marine shell beads from Brooking Gorge 1 rockshelter, southern Kimberley
The effect of retouch intensity on mid to late Holocene unifacial and bifacial points from the Kimberley
Early spears as thrusting weapons
Technological and behavioural complexity in expedient industries
Bifacial Flintknapping in the Northwest Kimberley, Western Australia
Edge damage distribution at the assemblage level on Middle Stone Age lithics
Lithics in the Land of the Lightning Brothers
Projectile impact fractures and launching mechanisms
Ballistically anomalous stone projectile points in Australia
Distribution Patterns of Organic Residues on Middle Stone Age Points from Sibudu Cave, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Occupation at Carpenters Gap 3, Windjana Gorge, Kimberley, Western Australia
Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Stone Age Weaponry
Are Tulas and Enso Linked In Australia
An Index of Invasiveness for the Measurement of Unifacial and Bifacial Retouch
Macro and Micro Wear Traces on Lithic Projectile Points
Assessing the macrofracture method for identifying Stone Age hunting weaponry
The Still Bay points of Blombos Cave (South Africa)
Hunting with Howiesons Poort segments
Notes on the Kimberley Stone-Tipped Spear Focusing on the Point Hafting Mechanism
Explaining point variability in the eastern Victoria River Region, Northern Territory
Technological responses to risk in Holocene Australia
Innovation and change in northern Australian Aboriginal spear technologies
Long‐term occupation on the edge of the desert
New dates for point technology in the Kimberley
A small salvage excavation in Windjana Gorge, Kimberley, Western Australia
Technology, Flaked Stone Technology, and Risk
Frequency and distribution of edge damage on Middle Stone Age lithic points, Pinnacle Point 13B, South Africa
Were tanged points mechanically delivered armatures? Functional and morphometric analyses of tanged points from an Upper Paleolithic site at Jingeuneul, Korea
Multiple uses for Australian backed artefacts
A Formal Approach to the Design and Assembly of Mobile Toolkits
On the Macroscopic Identification of Used Flakes
Technological Efficiency and Tool Curation
| Obras citantes distintas | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 1,5 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 8 |