LEADER 03252 am 22005533u 450 001 9910141821503321 005 20230621141538.0 010 $a1-921313-28-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000409998 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000751762 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11402876 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000751762 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10753738 035 $a(PQKB)10177058 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4816252 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00043591 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000409998 100 $a20170316h20072007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLithics in the land of the lightning brothers $ethe archaeology of Wardaman Country, Northern Territory /$fChris Clarkson 210 1$aCanberra, Australia :$cANU E Press,$d2007. 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (240 pages) $cillustrations, tables; digital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aTerra Australis ;$v25 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aLithics in the Land of the Lightning Brothers skilfully integrates a wide range of data-raw-material procurement, tool design, reduction and curation, patterns of distribution and association-to reveal the major outlines of Wardaman prehistory. At the same time, the book firmly situates data and methods in broad theoretical context. In its regional scope and thorough technological approach, this book exemplifies the best of recent lithic analysis and hunter-gatherer archaeology. Any archaeologist who confronts the challenge of classifying retouched stone tools should consult this volume for a clear demonstration of reduction intensity as a source of size and form variation independent of ?type.? Yet the demonstration is not merely methodological; Clarkson shows how the measurement of reduction intensity informs analysis of technological diversity and other cultural practices. In Clarkson?s hands, Wardaman prehistory emerges as a particular record of the human past. Yet the book is also a case study in prolonged cultural response to environmental conditions and the way in which cultures persist and reproduce themselves over long spans of time. The result is an analytical tour de force that will guide hunter-gatherer archaeology in Australia and elsewhere for years to come. 410 0$aTerra Australis ;$v25. 606 $aSocial archaeology$zAustralia$zVictoria River Region (N.T.) 606 $aWardaman (Australian people)$zAustralia$zVictoria River Region (N.T.)$xAntiquities 606 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zAustralia$zVictoria River Region (N.T.) 607 $aVictoria River Region (N.T.)$xAntiquities 615 0$aSocial archaeology 615 0$aWardaman (Australian people)$xAntiquities. 615 0$aExcavations (Archaeology) 676 $a930.1 700 $aClarkson$b C. M. V$g(Christopher M. V.),$0515106 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910141821503321 996 $aLithics in the land of the lightning brothers$91930308 997 $aUNINA