Notes on the Contemporary Knowledge of Traditional Material Culture Among the Iwaidja—Cobourg Peninsula, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory 2005–2006

Akerman, Kim; Birch, Bruce C.; Evans, Nicholas

doi:10.1080/03721426.2014.11649008

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“…Wear-type 17 from processing/pounding ochre Previous studies. Utilitarian and ceremonial uses of red and yellow ochre and stone tools involved in pigment preparation are widely recorded in Australian archaeology and early historical writings (e.g., Akerman et al, 2014;Attenbrow et al, 2009;Cooper & Nugent, 2009;Geneste et al, 2012;Gunn, 2009;McCourt, 1975: 138;Robertson, 2009;Robertson & Attenbrow, 2008;Robertson et al, 2009). Grinding stones and hammerstones used for processing seeds could have been recycled or used intermittently for crushing dry ochre into powder (Hamon, 2008(Hamon, : 1516.…”

Section: Wear-type 12 From Use As a Hammerstone In Knapping Stonementioning

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Microscopic revelations: the forms and multiple uses of ground-edged artefacts of the New South Wales Central Coast, Australia

Attenbrow¹,

Kononenko²

2019

Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus., Online

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Results of an exploratory study, that set out to investigate the types of use-wear that could be observed on ground-edged artefacts from the NSW Central Coast of eastern Australia, are presented. The main findings are the multiple activities for which the hatchets were used and the types of materials which they worked. Some of the activities and materials are not noted in historical accounts for southeastern Australia, and suggestions are raised about possible uses of hatchets by women. Among new results are uses for the unusual ground-edged hammer/pounders which are not recorded in the historical literature and which seem to be almost restricted to the NSWCC. Basic functional data about the actions undertaken and materials worked by the hatchets and hammer/ pounders were obtained using low-and high-power microscopy, and by comparing wear traces recorded in previous use-wear studies and on experimental basalt tools. The use-wear analyses, not only identified activities that created the 'battered' edges, but also revealed a greater multiplicity of uses of the ground-edged artefacts than hitherto identified. Eighteen wear-types document use of ground-edged artefacts for working wood, skin and ochre, abrading and polishing bone, and as hammers and anvils in working stone. Non-woody plant material was processed by both hatchets and hammer/pounders. The activities and processed materials identified by the use-wear analysis, especially those referred to as hammer/pounders, give new insights into understanding the diversity of forms and multiple functions of this class of implement in Australia.

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Section: Wear-type 12 From Use As a Hammerstone In Knapping Stonementioning

confidence: 99%

Microscopic revelations: the forms and multiple uses of ground-edged artefacts of the New South Wales Central Coast, Australia

Attenbrow¹,

Kononenko²

2019

Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus., Online

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“…On the other hand, Akerman et al . () argue that the sabre spearthrower was used in combat to throw reed spears (MacGillivray : 147–8).…”

Section: Museum Collections and Ethnographic Observations Of Northernmentioning

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“…He suggests that it was designed to impart high velocity to a relatively heavy spear, noting that small reed spears were thrown with the goose-necked spearthrower and the heavier ones with the conventional notched lath form. On the other hand, Akerman et al (2014) argue that the sabre spearthrower was used in combat to throw reed spears (MacGillivray 1852: 147-8).…”

Section: Northern Australian Aboriginal Spear Technologiesmentioning

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“…Such assemblages have been recorded for Groote Eylandt, North‐East Arnhem Land, Port Essington, the South Alligator plains and the north‐western Northern Territory (Akerman et al . . Allen ; Cundy ; Falkenberg ; Hodgson ; Levitt ; Thomson n.d. fieldnotes, Melbourne Museum; Warner ; see Figures & ).…”

Section: Museum Collections and Ethnographic Observations Of Northernmentioning

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Innovation and change in northern Australian Aboriginal spear technologies: the case for reed spears

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Simpson

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Notes on the Contemporary Knowledge of Traditional Material Culture Among the Iwaidja—Cobourg Peninsula, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory 2005–2006

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Microscopic revelations: the forms and multiple uses of ground-edged artefacts of the New South Wales Central Coast, Australia

Microscopic revelations: the forms and multiple uses of ground-edged artefacts of the New South Wales Central Coast, Australia

Innovation and change in northern Australian Aboriginal spear technologies: the case for reed spears

The Science of Naval Collecting

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