The changing abundance of backed artefacts in south-eastern Australia: a response to Holocene climate change?

Attenbrow, Val; Robertson, Gail; Hiscock, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2009.08.018

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“…Attenbrow et al, 2009). Previously, radiocarbon dating of charcoal recovered from Unit 2 in the Classic Site returned ages of 1.9e1.7 ka BP, but an early Holocene age has been inferred for the base of the unit (Gillespie et al, 1978).…”

Section: Stratigraphy and Sedimentsmentioning

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The timing and cause of megafauna mass deaths at Lancefield Swamp, south-eastern Australia

Dortch¹,

Cupper

Grün

et al. 2016

Quaternary Science Reviews

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Section: Stratigraphy and Sedimentsmentioning

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The timing and cause of megafauna mass deaths at Lancefield Swamp, south-eastern Australia

Dortch¹,

Cupper

Grün

et al. 2016

Quaternary Science Reviews

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“…Investigations of stone artefact assemblages in Australia have utilised approaches such as manufacturing technologies and proliferation events apparently linked to El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and subsequent responses to risk in a context of environmental change (see Attenbrow et al 2009;Clarkson 2002Clarkson , 2007Hiscock 2002Hiscock , 2008Hiscock , 2011Attenbrow 1998, 2005;Lamb and Clarkson 2005;Veth et al 2011). Residential mobility has also been assessed through characteristics such as the diversity and abundance of cultural materials in archaeological assemblages (see Andrefsky 2005Andrefsky , 2009Kintigh 1984Kintigh , 1989Thomas 1973Thomas , 1989.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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People and fish: Late Holocene rock art at Wulk Lagoon, Arnhem Land

Wesley¹,

Jones²,

Whitau³

2017

The Archaeology of Rock Art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia

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“…Resin is known to have been an important material to the inhabitants of Australia and Papua New Guinea for thousands of years, particularly in its role as a hafting adhesive [1][2][3]. In Australia, Robertson [4] concluded that hafting methods appeared to vary with the morphology of the tool, and evidence of brownish-black, red-brown and yellow residues suggest the use of resins from at least three different sources.…”

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Chemical characterisation of museum-curated ethnographic resins from Australia and New Guinea used as adhesives, medicines and narcotics

Bradshaw

2013

Heritage Science

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Background: Six ethnographic museum resins with documented adhesive, medicinal and narcotic uses have been analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) as a step towards understanding the role of specific resins in 20 th century Australia and New Guinea. Curated in the Pitt Rivers Museum for over a hundred years, these specimens are examples of resin used for three different purposes, some accompanied by ethnographic accounts from the collectors themselves. Results: The six ethnographic resins have been chemically characterised and identified to species where possible: an adhesive resin from New South Wales is identified as Xanthorrhoea resinosa Pers.; adhesives from New Guinea are tentatively identified as Canarium luzonicum Miq. and beeswax mixed with Canarium spp.; a narcotic resin from New Guinea is identified as Canarium salomonense B.L.Burtt; and the characterisation of spinifex resin from West Australian 'medicine shells' hypothesised to be Triodia irritans R.Br is presented. Conclusions: This study concludes that molecular differentiation between resins from different species is still possible after a hundred years of aging in a museum environment and demonstrates the potential of resin analysis on such aged museum items. These data alongside re-visited ethnographic accounts can confirm, correct, or provide new information to museum records. Furthermore, they can shed new light on the study of the role of these particular resins and mixtures that were used in Indigenous Sahul and contribute towards a framework of analysis and understanding of archaeological resins from this region.

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The changing abundance of backed artefacts in south-eastern Australia: a response to Holocene climate change?

Cited by 50 publications

References 27 publications

The timing and cause of megafauna mass deaths at Lancefield Swamp, south-eastern Australia

The timing and cause of megafauna mass deaths at Lancefield Swamp, south-eastern Australia

People and fish: Late Holocene rock art at Wulk Lagoon, Arnhem Land

Chemical characterisation of museum-curated ethnographic resins from Australia and New Guinea used as adhesives, medicines and narcotics

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