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Characterisation of cherts from sites in southwest Tasmania
Author(s) -
Sheppard Peter J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
archaeology in oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1834-4453
pISSN - 0728-4896
DOI - 10.1002/j.1834-4453.1997.tb00369.x
Subject(s) - cave , geology , archaeology , pleistocene , petrography , section (typography) , paleontology , geography , advertising , business
This paper reports on the characterisation, using thin section petrography and Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis, of cherts recovered from Pleistocene sites (Bone Cave, Warreen, Pulawa Trounta and Nunamira) located in the interior of Southwest Tasmania. The results indicate use of one major chert source area and fit a simple distance fall‐off model. These results are congruent with palaeo‐ecological models previously developed for Southwestern Tasmania (Cosgrove 1995; Cosgrove, Allen and Marshall 1990).