A Record in Bone : Exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Bone and Tooth Objects

A Record in Bone : Exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Bone and Tooth Objects /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Langley, Michelle C. (Michelle Claire), 1985- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2023.
Subjects:
Bone implements > Australia.
Aboriginal Australians > Implements.
Australia > Antiquities.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited simultaneous users allowed; 325 uses per year)
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Endorsements
  • Title page
  • Imprint page
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1: Why study bone and tooth artefacts?
  • Introduction
  • A brief overview of bone and tooth artefacts through deep time
  • A historical overview of Australian bone and tooth artefact finds
  • What types of materials are worked?
  • Products of Australia: tools and ornaments
  • What is in this book
  • SUMMARY
  • Chapter 2: Bone tool analysis: Identifying materials and production processes
  • Introduction
  • Archaeozoology and osseous tool analysis
  • Undertaking a new analysis
  • Raw material properties
  • Identifying osseous (or keratin) artefacts
  • Types of bone- and tooth-working
  • Wear and damage from use
  • Lying on the ground: biting, gnawing, and weathering
  • While in the ground
  • During excavation and analysis
  • Osseous artefact studies to date
  • SUMMARY
  • Chapter 3: Attributes in describing tool types
  • Introduction
  • Terms for describing tools
  • Identifying raw material
  • Active edge
  • Hafted or handheld?
  • Orientation
  • Cross-section
  • Microtraces: traces from manufacturing, use, and taphonomic processes
  • Defining 'types'
  • SUMMARY
  • Chapter 4: Attributes in describing ornament types
  • Introduction
  • Terms for describing ornamentation
  • Raw material and shape
  • Orientation and metrics
  • Manufacturing traces
  • Attachment and use traces
  • SUMMARY
  • Chapter 5: Tools
  • Introduction
  • Defining types
  • Awls
  • Burnishers
  • Ceremonial tools
  • Charms
  • Combs
  • Containers
  • Death Pointers
  • Drills
  • Eating utensils
  • Fans and fly-flicks
  • Fighting tools
  • Fishhooks
  • Groovers/smoothing boards
  • Handles
  • Harpoons
  • Housing
  • Knives
  • Medical or surgical tools
  • Murder weapons
  • Musical instruments
  • Needles
  • Pins or fasteners
  • Skin-workingtools
  • Smoking pipes
  • Spear points
  • Spearthrower pegs
  • Stone-workingtools
  • Toys
  • Woodworking tools
  • Material culture made on human bone
  • SUMMARY
  • Chapter 6: Ornaments
  • Introduction
  • Ornaments worn on the head
  • Ornaments worn around the neck
  • Ornaments worn on the torso
  • Ornaments worn on the arms and hands
  • SUMMARY
  • Chapter 7: From artefacts to understanding the human story in Australia
  • Introduction
  • Recurring themes from Australian bone and tooth artefacts
  • The future of Australian bone and tooth artefact studies
  • Conclusion
  • SUMMARY
  • References
  • Index
  • About the author

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