The scale of seed grinding at Lake Mungo

Smith's C omment on our functional analysis of grinding stone fragments from P leistocene contexts at L ake M ungo ( F ullagar et al. 2015) draws attention to the low frequency of implements, uncertainties about functional interpretations and archaeological implications. He argues that P leistocene seed exploitation at L ake M ungo was limited and probably not indicative of a seed grinding economy . We suggest that it is premature to speculate about the scale of seed grinding at L ake M ungo. We also use new data to address concerns raised about our methodology.