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  • Retouched, rejuvenated, recycled and occasionally hafted as projectiles: stone points of Holocene Australia

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    Maloney, Tim Ryan
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    Maloney, Tim R.
    Year published
    2019
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    Abstract
    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 ...
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    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.
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    Journal Title
    Archaeology in Oceania
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1002/arco.5204
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    © 2019 Oceania Publications. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Retouched, rejuvenated, recycled and occasionally hafted as projectiles: stone points of Holocene Australia, Archaeology in Oceania, which has been published in final form at 10.1002/arco.5204. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
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    Archaeology
    Linguistics
    lithique
    traceologie
    Australien
    WINDJANA GORGE
    SIBUDU CAVE
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/390828
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