Community archaeology : working ancient Aboriginal wetlands in eastern Australia / / edited by Wendy Beck, Catherine Clarke and Robert Haworth

• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Archaeopress, , [2023]; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (468 pages) : illustrations, map
• Disciplina: 994.01
• Soggetto topico: Water-saturated sites (Archaeology) - Australia; Aboriginal Australians - Material culture
• Soggetto geografico: Australia Antiquities
• Persona (resp. second.): BeckWendy; ClarkeCatherine; HaworthRobert
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- About Access Archaeology -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Dedication -- Summary -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Figure I.1 Map of Australia showing study regions (K. Newman) -- Figure I.2 Lagoon sites in New England under study. Note: Big Llangothlin Lagoon also known as Lake Llangothlin (K. Newman) -- Figure I.3 Lagoon sites in Tasmania under study (K. Newman) -- Figure I.4 Boating on Mother of Ducks Lagoon, New England, 1880s (HRCP1534) New England Archives -- Figure I.5 Outing on Mother of Ducks Lagoon, New England, 1882 (HRCP1533) New England Archives -- Figure I.6 An angling party, Great Lake, Weekly Courier, 11th January, 1905, Photo by S. Spurling. Courtesy Tim Jetson. -- Figure I.7 Oatlands Lagoon (Lake Dulverton) Tasmania. Sketch (1853) - Bishop Nixon (TAHO-PH30-1-360) Tasmanian Archives -- Figure I.8 Lagoon on Monaro Plateau near Jindabyne, NSW -- Figure 1.1 Poster for AAA 2012 conference -- Figure 1.2 Poster by Lex and Corey 2013 -- Figure 1.3 Extract from Dick Blair's diary -- Figure 2.1 Snapped flake at Barley Field Lagoon, Uralla -- Figure 2.3 Isabel Williams -- Figure 2.4 Practising knapping, Tasmania -- Figure 2.5 Identifying levels at Lagoon of Islands, Tasmania -- Figure 2.6 Excavating, NSW -- Figure 2.7 Inspecting a surface scrape for artefacts, NSW -- Figure 2.8 In the classroom in NSW -- Figure 2.10 Practising pressure flaking in Tasmania -- Figure 2.9 Sieving for artefacts and other traces, NSW -- Figure 2.12 Learning about plants and the environment -- Figure 2.13 First Field-School, NSW -- Figure 2.14 Second Field-School, NSW -- Figure 2.15 Some Tasmanian Field-School Team Members -- Figure 2.16 Listening to Elder Clyde Mansell, at trawatha makuminya, Tasmanian Field-School -- Figure 2.17 Tasmanian Elder speaking to Field-School at trawatha makuminya, Tasmania. ; Figure 2.18 Sharing stories at trawatha makuminya, Tasmania -- Figure 2.19 New England Elders in Tasmania -- Figure 2.20 Dick Blair -- Figure 2.21 Lee Patterson -- Figure 2.22 Llangothlin Lagoon, NSW -- Figure 2.23 Change of light at Lagoon of Islands, Tasmania -- Figure 3.1 Remains of Bagot's Mill at Lake Llangothlin, NSW -- Figure 3.2 Dangars Lagoon picnic, NSW, 1902 HRCP 7312 (New England Archives) -- Figure 3.3 Scarred trees at edge of Little Llangothlin Lagoon, NSW -- Figure 3.4 Sample page from New England lagoon reconnaissance document -- Figure 3.5 Map of all New England lagoons (K. Newman) -- Figure 4.1a Locations of lagoons and dated samples in New England 1 (K. Newman) -- Figure 4.1b Locations of lagoons and dated samples in New England 2 (K. Newman) -- Figure 4.1c Locations of lagoons and dated samples in Tasmania (K. Newman) -- Figure 4.2: Barley Field Lagoon OSL sampling Barley Field Lagoon Pit 5 -- Figure 5.1 Schematic model of a typical high country lagoon. The catchment geology is usually basalt overlying granite, and sometimes the metasediments of the New England Fold Belt (Adapted by Kim Newman from original by Paul Ashley, UNE Geology). -- Figure 5.2 Relationship between lagoons and aeolian features in the Guyra region. Note concentration of lunettes on the lee (eastern) shores (L is Llangothlin Lake, LL is Little Llangothlin Lagoon, AG is Abbey Green Lagoon). (From Haworth (1994) Drawn by -- Figure 5.3 The chain of Llangothlin lagoons showing the tendency of lagoons to occupy cols or gaps on drainage divides. Two principal tributaries, the Mann and the Oban, of the Clarence River, the largest stream system on the New South Wales coast, have t -- Figure 5.5 Exaggerated cross section of northern dune of Lake Llangothlin (Drawing by K.Newman). ; Figure 5.6 Core profile of Bl-NP3, north Llangothlin sand dune. Note the major change from brown sand to yellow around 40,000 years BP (Drawing by K.Newman) -- Figure 5.7 Comparison of fine grain (dust, silt or colloidals: 1-100 µm) peaks at four ages in core profiles from Llangothlin Lagoon, showing marked increase in fine grain in the 66,000-year profile. (Drawn by K.Newman) -- Figure 5.8 Little Llangothlin, showing its relationship with the neighbouring southern part of Llangothlin Lake, and their relative accumulations of dune sands. The berm under discussion is at the bottom (far south) of Little Llangothlin lunette. (From Ha -- Figure 5.9 Field survey of Barley Field Lagoon and surrounds c. 1995 Field survey of Barley Field Lunette and surrounds c.1995. The lunette blocks a natural drainage fall to the east, where what may be the remains of a remnant lunette can be seen, perhaps -- Figure 5.10 Generalised stratigraphic column from the two adjacent Barley Field lunette cores to show the structure of this mainly clay lunette (Drawn by K. Newman) -- Figure 5.11 Detailed topographic profiles across Barleyfields Lagoon showing the relative location of the main sedimentary units (the vertical distance is exaggerated). The top profile is a north- south profile which runs from the RHS south (left) across -- Figure 5.12 Barleyfields Lagoon stratigraphy details. Columns P2, P1 and E1 are on lagoon facing west face of the main lunette, and the other columns are on the lagoon facing north face of the southern low ridge (locations are shown in Figure 7.3). The 'g -- Figure 5.13 The generalised column profile of Dangars Lagoon depicting the main sedimentary units and their key characteristics (Drawn by K. Newman). ; Figure 5.14 Detailed Dangars Lagoon lunette stratigraphy from the crest (P1) west towards the lagoon.. The column stratigraphy is derived from the stratigraphies of a selection of 2016 auger profiles (P1 and P2) and excavation squares (E2-0.5) (locations -- Figure 6.1 Map showing the location of sites referred to in this chapter -- Figure 6.2a Formal tools: A range of retouched tools from Baldersleigh -- Figure 6.2b Views of axes and axe blanks from Arding -- Figure 6.2c Upper and lower surfaces of muller from Barley Field lagoon (500m south of lagoon). Localities shown on Figure 6.1. -- Figure 6.3 Spatial interpretation of Mathew's description of the Ritual Circuit -- Figure 7.1 Area of excavations (in red) and geomorphology pits 1& -- 2 at Dangars Lagoon -- Figure 7.2 The Southern Face of Pit 0.05 Dangars Lagoon -- Figure 7.3 Barley Field, Uralla, Lagoon showing excavation locations (yellow) and geomorphological investigations (red) -- Figure 7.4 Eastern Face of Pit E1, Barley Field Lagoon, Uralla -- Figure 7.5 Artefacts recovered from Barley Field Lagoon, Uralla E2 Pit 27 -- Figure 7.6 Image of Thomas Lagoon showing location of excavations -- Figure 7.7 Overhead view of pit 1M Thomas Lagoon (scale 1 m). Note axe grinding grooves at top and left of image -- Figure 7.8 Detail from the topographic map showing archaeological sites near Llangothlin Lake and Little Llangothlin Lagoon -- Figure 7.9 Image of the eastern margin of Big Llangothlin Lagoon, showing the location of the excavations and newly recorded surface sites -- Figure 7.10 Lake Llangothlin section of Pit 1B -- Figure 7.11 Google Image of Barley Field Lagoon, Glencoe -- Figure 7.12 Southern Section of Pit 100 Barley Field Lagoon, Glencoe -- Figure 7.13 Google image of the Reddestone Creek investigation location -- Figure 7.14 'Pit 300', Reddestone Creek. ; Figure 7.15 Google image of Kings Plains Lagoon -- Figure 7.16 View of Pit 'Redig', Kings Plains Lagoon -- Figure 8.1 Red dots show distribution models in NSW for (A) Hatchet stone sources (the black rectangle shows the New England Tablelands) -- (B) Grinding grooves -- and(C) Scarred trees. -- Figure 8.2 Distribution of Thomas Lagoon grinding groove locations GG1-GG11. Asterisks show PVS and residue sample locations: *TL1, *TL2, *TL3 and *TL4. Black dots show the number of individual grooves (surrounded by a square if > -- 1) at each location. Soli -- Figure 8.3 Distribution of Chiswick grinding grooves, showing schematically two discrete patches: GP1 (with grinding locations GG1-GG4) and GP2 (with grinding groove locations GG1-GG6). Asterisks show PVS and residue sample locations: *CH1, *CH2 and *CH3. -- Figure 8.4 Experimental grinding tools (used for ~60 min) made from local silcrete (A-E) and basalt (F-G) and their corresponding use-wear: (A) whetstone made of local silcrete, showing ground surface in black rectangle. Scale bar 1 cm. (B) Detail of the -- Figure 8.5 Grinding grooves from Thomas Lagoon sampled for use-wear and residues (A-C) and use-wear documented on PVS peels (D-K). (A) Taking pXRF measurements and PVS peels (green circular material), labelled TL1 and TL2 on the grinding grooves at GG1. -- Figure 8.6 Grinding grooves from Chiswick sampled for use-wear and residues (A-D) and usewear on PVS peels (E-J). (A) Grinding groove GP2 GG5, sample CH1. The green circular material in the centre of the groove is the PVS peel. (B) View looking north, acr -- Figure 8.7 Big Llangothlin grinding stone and use-wear. (A) Location of Big Llangothlin (BLL) grinding stone and nearby scarred trees on the northeast bank of the lagoon. (B-C) BLL grinding stone with green PVS peels indicating the location of use-wear sa. ; Figure 8.8 Residues extracted from the BLL portable grinding. (A) Algae spores in Extraction BLL GS1 from within the central groove. (B) Fungal hyphae, Extraction BLL GS2, sampled from outside of the groove. Neither residue is considered use-related.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume presents the results of an investigation of wetland heritage in eastern Australia, with important contributions to the archaeology of the Tasmanian Midlands and the New England Tablelands.
• Titolo autorizzato: Community archaeology
• ISBN: 1-78969-481-7; 9781789694819
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910860872503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Access archaeology.