Open AccessEdge-ground axes in Pleistocene Greater Australia - more evidence from S.E. Cape York Peninsula: a reply to Sutton
Author(s) -
Michael J Morwood
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
queensland archaeological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.303
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1839-339X
pISSN - 0814-3021
DOI - 10.25120/qar.7.1990.130
Subject(s) - peninsula , cape , pleistocene , archaeology , geography , new guinea , ethnology , history
The Pleistocene antiquity of edge-ground artefacts in various parts of Northern Australia and New Guinea, including the Kimberley, western Arnhem Land and S.E. Cape York Peninsula, is no longer controversial (e.g. Jones and Johnson 1985; Schrire 1982; Rosenfeld et al. 1981). Even so, Sutton (1990:95 - this volume QAR) had rightly questioned the sufficiency of evidence presented by Morwood and Tresize (1990) in support of a minimum date of 32,000 b.p. for edge-grinding at Sandy Creek 1 in S.E. Cape York Peninsula. I welcome this opportunity to rectify this situation.Â