1991
DOI: 10.1017/s0003598x00079655
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The power of stone: symbolic aspects of stone use and tool development in western Arnhem Land, Australia

Abstract: For want of other secure evidence, the study of art in prehistoric societies normally amounts to looking at pictures, though there must have also been sound, and surely music. The long lithic tradition of central northern Australia permits a rare insight into another kind of prehistoric art, the meaning and aesthetic order that may lie behind a lithic industry.

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“…There are numerous studies of quarries considered to be places of importance in a landscape through ancestral ties, taboos, ownership, or even control of access (e.g., Binford and O'Connell, 1984;Meltzer, 1989;Paton, 1994;Ross et al, 2003). Ethnographic accounts (e.g., Taçon, 1991;Harrison, 2002;Stout, 2002;Ross et al, 2003) also offer examples of quarries possessing desirable characteristics and mythic significance (see below). Another point for consideration is the inherent power of the stone itself.…”
Section: Potential Territories Foraging Ranges and Additional Sociomentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…There are numerous studies of quarries considered to be places of importance in a landscape through ancestral ties, taboos, ownership, or even control of access (e.g., Binford and O'Connell, 1984;Meltzer, 1989;Paton, 1994;Ross et al, 2003). Ethnographic accounts (e.g., Taçon, 1991;Harrison, 2002;Stout, 2002;Ross et al, 2003) also offer examples of quarries possessing desirable characteristics and mythic significance (see below). Another point for consideration is the inherent power of the stone itself.…”
Section: Potential Territories Foraging Ranges and Additional Sociomentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Another point for consideration is the inherent power of the stone itself. Good examples of this are the well-known Aboriginal leilira blades (e.g., Taçon, 1991;Paton, 1994). These are unretouched blanks, each of which is named according to its quarry of extraction, with blades from different sources not allowed to be mixed.…”
Section: Potential Territories Foraging Ranges and Additional Sociomentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(véase, por ejemplo, Ericson & Purdy 1984;Nelson 1991;Nami 1992;Franco & Borrero 1999;Flegenheimer & Bayón 2002). Sin embargo, en la actualidad, diversos autores sostienen que otras propiedades físicas, vinculadas a la percepción de las rocas, pudieron ser tenidas en cuenta para su elección; entre las mismas destacan el brillo y el color (Taçon 1991(Taçon , 1999Whitley et al 1999;Boivin 2004;Saunders 2004). Estos atributos físicos de las rocas que se perciben mediante los sentidos, constituyen temas abordados ampliamente en el estudio de la materialidad de los objetos (Hurcombe 2007).…”
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“…De esta manera, es interesante destacar que existe una operación de asignación de significados en las que se asocian de forma coincidente a las propiedades de las rocas, los lugares en los que afloran y los objetos que con ellas se manufacturan (véase por ejemplo, Turner 1967;Taçon 1991;Gage et al 1999;Hampton 1999;Boivin & Owoc 2004).² Sobre el color de rocas y minerales y algunos casos arqueológicos La capacidad humana de otorgar significados a los colores es, en arqueología, parte de un debate mayor que incluye aspectos sobre la evolución de la especie. Esta capacidad se ha planteado para tiempos tan lejanos como el Paleolítico Inferior y Medio, específicamente a partir de la utilización de ocres (véase discusión en Barham 1998); el empleo del color como símbolo está establecido en forma clara para los primeros humanos modernos (Taçon 1999;Hovers et al 2003).…”
Section: Sistemas De Valores Estéticos Imágenes Y Coloresunclassified
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