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

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Author(s): Michelle C. Langley
Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
Year: 2023

Language: English

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