A Record in Bone : Exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Bone and Tooth Objects /
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Language: | English |
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Canberra, ACT :
Aboriginal Studies Press,
2023.
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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