Pleistocene seed-grinding implements from the Australian arid zone

1997/06/01 by Richard Fullagar, Judith Field · 7 citations
Social Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Pleistocene #Foraging #Arid #Grinding #Archaeology #Geology #Paleontology #Geography #Earth science #Engineering #Mechanical engineering

paper · doi:10.1017/s0003598x00084921

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Abstract

Grinding-stones as a technology are seen as a key element in the artefactual transformations of the latest Pleistocene – both for themselves and the foods which were ground on them. In Australia, as in other regions, their age and status is also material to what (if any) kind of a broad-spectrum revolution in foraging accompanied them.

Citations

• Traditional and modern plant use among the Alyawara of central Australia

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