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Holocene scraper reduction, technological organization and landuse at Ingaladdi Rockshelter, Northern Australia
Author(s) -
Clarkson Chris
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
archaeology in oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1834-4453
pISSN - 0728-4896
DOI - 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2002.tb00508.x
Subject(s) - scraper site , holocene , archaeology , geography , land use , reduction (mathematics) , sequence (biology) , ecology , engineering , biology , mechanical engineering , genetics , geometry , mathematics
This paper proposes a reduction sequence for ‘scrapers' found at Ingaladdi rockshelter, Northern Territory. The sequence is based on the proposal that distinctive ‘types' represent stages in a continuum and hence may be transformed from one to another as retouching continues. Examining changes in scraper reduction along with raw material selection and core reduction at Ingaladdi through time allows for identification of apparent major changes in land‐use and mobility throughout the Holocene.