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Rock of Ages: South Molle Island Quarry, Whitsunday Islands: Use and Distribution of Stone through Space and Time
Lara Lamb
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There is evidence to suggest that the South Molle Island stone quarry in the Whitsunday Islands, central Queensland coast, has been used by the indigenous inhabitants of the region from at least 9,000 BP to the present. A comprehensive technological characterisation of the quarry has demonstrated that a range of manufacturing behaviours was conducted on-site, from the initial extraction of the raw material, through to the final stages of artefact retouch. This research has demonstrated that the antiquityof backed artefacts and the timing of high production rates of backed artefacts occurs earlier in the Whitsunday region than elsewhere in southern Australia. In the Whitsunday Islands backed artefact production has been shown to be present from the beginning of the Holocene and to have been an important technological element in the early Holocene. Another understanding of backing technologies in Australia can be developed in light of this recognition of regional variation.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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ABSTRACT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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List of Figures
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List of Tables
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1. INTRODUCTION
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2. HOLOCENE ECONOMICS, SETTLEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
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3. AIMS AND METHODOLOGY
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4. REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT, GEOLOGY AND PALAEOENVIRONMENT
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5. A CHARACTERISATION OF THE RAW MATERIAL SOURCE AND PROCUREMENT ON THE SOUTH MOLLE ISLAND QUARRY
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6. THE CHARACTERISATION OF CORE REDUCTION SYSTEMS
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7. RETOUCHED ARTEFACT PRODUCTION ON THE SOUTH MOLLE ISLAND QUARRY
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8. STONE ARTEFACTS IN THE WHITSUNDAY ISLANDS
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9. USE OF THE SOUTH MOLLE ISLAND QUARRY THROUGH TIME
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10. MODELLING STONE ARTEFACT USE IN THE WHITSUNDAY REGION
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11. THE SMIQ AND IMPLICATIONS FORHOLOCENE CHANGE IN COASTAL AND ISLAND SYSTEMS
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REFERENCE LIST
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Published: 2011
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407338194 (ebook)
- 9781407308333 (paperback)
BAR Number: S2262