The significance of Levallois and discoidal technology in the Arcadia Valley, south central Queensland

Cochrane, Grant W.G.

doi:10.25120/qar.17.2014.229

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“…As regards the presence of the Levallois technique in lithic production in Australia, it is necessary to refer to the publication of Grant. W. G Cochrane (2014). Cochrane analysed a surface-collected lithic assemblage of a total of 5,095 artefacts from the Arcadia Valley (South Central Queensland).…”

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If These Stones Could Talk – An attempt to enlighten a four-variable archaeological problem. Two macro-blades from Paraburdoo (Pilbara Region, Western Australia)

Attila

2024

From Tea Leaves to Leaf-Shaped Tools. Studies in Honour of Zsolt Mester on His Sixtieth Birthday

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The following article presents two chipped stone blades held by the author. The blades, in the company of other chipped lithic artefacts, were sold at the International Mineral Exchange in Hamburg in the mid-1990s.There was an accompanying notice to the blades, with additional information in incorrect German language: "Aboriginals Artefakten Jung Paläolithikum 15.000 bis 9.500 v, Chr. Steingeräte mit typische Levallois technique (abschläge) -F.O. UA. DINGO POOL bei PARABURDOO in Nord West Australien nach A. Wouters 1989." However, there are several vague questions about both the supposed archaeological site and the reference to a person named A. Wouters and the so-called Levallois technique cited. Below we will try to take a closer look at these details.

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If These Stones Could Talk – An attempt to enlighten a four-variable archaeological problem. Two macro-blades from Paraburdoo (Pilbara Region, Western Australia)

Attila

2024

From Tea Leaves to Leaf-Shaped Tools. Studies in Honour of Zsolt Mester on His Sixtieth Birthday

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“…First, he demonstrated that knapping strategies (e.g. flaking patterns) changed during the reduction process (see also Wallace and Shea, 2006;Cochrane, 2014), emphasizing that "The morphology viewed on any given core […] will represent only the last actions that were performed on it" (Dibble, 1995, p. 102). Second, different cores in an assemblage may be discarded at different stages in the reduction sequence (e.g.…”

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Middle Stone Age reduction strategies at the desert's edge: A multi-site comparison across the Gebel Akhdar of northeast Libya

Jones

2016

Quaternary International

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Haua Fteah cave, situated between the Mediterranean coast and the Gebel Akhdar of northeast Libya, preserves rich Middle Stone Age (MSA) and Late Stone Age (LSA) cultural horizons. Excavated in the 1950s and more recently, the richness and timedepth of the cave's archaeological record are unsurpassed by any other site in northern Cyrenaica. As a result, the Haua Fteah sequence has long been used to represent the culture history of the region as a whole. Recent geoarchaeological surveys of the Gebel Akhdar, as well as pre-desert and desert biomes further to the south, have resulted in the discovery of numerous MSA and LSA sites. The vast majority of these sites consist of surface lithics that cannot be dated currently. In contrast, parts of the Haua Fteah sequence have been dated using various chronometric methods. Using data collected through lithic attribute analysis, coupled with various statistical approaches (including Discriminant Function Analysis, or DFA), this paper explores variation in core reduction strategies within Haua Fteah from the early MSA to early LSA. Collections of cores from various sites located throughout the landscape are contrasted against those from Haua Fteah. By comparing undated cores from the landscape with those from different occupation phases at Haua Fteah, DFA classification is tested as a method for imparting an approximate chronology to the former. The results indicate notable variation in reduction strategies within the MSA at Haua Fteah, and notable similarities between early MSA ("Pre-Aurignacian") and early LSA ("early Dabban") core morphologies and technologies. Because of the latter in particular, together with several other factors that may be underpinning spatio-temporal variability in core reduction strategies, caution is recommended in loosely assigning approximate chronologies to surface lithic sites.

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Elemental differences: Geochemical identification of aboriginal silcrete sources in the Arcadia Valley, eastern Australia

Cochrane

Webb

Doelman

et al. 2017

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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The significance of Levallois and discoidal technology in the Arcadia Valley, south central Queensland

Cited by 5 publications

References 50 publications

If These Stones Could Talk – An attempt to enlighten a four-variable archaeological problem. Two macro-blades from Paraburdoo (Pilbara Region, Western Australia)

If These Stones Could Talk – An attempt to enlighten a four-variable archaeological problem. Two macro-blades from Paraburdoo (Pilbara Region, Western Australia)

Middle Stone Age reduction strategies at the desert's edge: A multi-site comparison across the Gebel Akhdar of northeast Libya

Elemental differences: Geochemical identification of aboriginal silcrete sources in the Arcadia Valley, eastern Australia

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