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100 1 _aClarkson, Chris
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245 1 0 _aLithics in the land of the lightning brothers : The Archaeology of Wardaman Country, Northern Territory
260 _aCanberra
_bANU Press
_c2007
300 _a1 electronic resource (221 p.)
506 0 _aOpen Access
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520 _aLithics in the Land of the Lightning Brothers skilfully integrates a wide range of data-raw-material procurement, tool design, reduction and curation, patterns of distribution and association-to reveal the major outlines of Wardaman prehistory. At the same time, the book firmly situates data and methods in broad theoretical context. In its regional scope and thorough technological approach, this book exemplifies the best of recent lithic analysis and hunter-gatherer archaeology. Any archaeologist who confronts the challenge of classifying retouched stone tools should consult this volume for a clear demonstration of reduction intensity as a source of size and form variation independent of “type.” Yet the demonstration is not merely methodological; Clarkson shows how the measurement of reduction intensity informs analysis of technological diversity and other cultural practices. In Clarkson’s hands, Wardaman prehistory emerges as a particular record of the human past. Yet the book is also a case study in prolonged cultural response to environmental conditions and the way in which cultures persist and reproduce themselves over long spans of time. The result is an analytical tour de force that will guide hunter-gatherer archaeology in Australia and elsewhere for years to come.
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546 _aEnglish
650 7 _aArchaeology
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653 _avictoria river region
653 _aarchaeology
653 _acave dwellings
653 _awardaman
653 _aantiquities
653 _asocial archaeology
653 _aAustralia
653 _aBefore Present
653 _aHand axe
653 _aMorphology (biology)
653 _aRaw material
653 _aRetouch (lithics)
653 _aStone tool
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