Flat adzes : a class of flaked stone tools from southwestern Australia

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2502

By

Gould, Richard A.

Quilter, Jeffrey, 1949-

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y American Museum of Natural History [1972]

Notes

Title from caption.

"November 9, 1972."

"Qualitative and quantitative analyses applied to stone tools from the surface of sites in southwestern Australia reveal the existence of a tool type with distinctive characteristics and suggest a wide range of functions, including tasks related to wood-scraping and cutting of meat, skin, and fibrous materials"--P. [1].

Subjects

Aboriginal Australians , Adzes , Antiquities , Australia , Excavations (Archaeology) , Implements , Stone implements , Western Australia

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2502, 1972

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 15264629