Browsing Australian Archaeology, Number 008, 1978 by Issue Date
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Sea Beach and Cave, Durras
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A computer program for isolating groups of dramatic masks of the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
(Australian Archaeological Association, 1978-09)The objective of the program was socio-literacy but the procedure used was the essentially archaeological one of matching sets of artifacts/attributes. We give here, not the results, which are still being analyzed, but a ... -
Table of Contents
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Water levelling - A suggestion
(Australian Archaeological Association, 1978-09)This note is intended to provide details of an easily constructed water level which has proved both convenient and reliable in use. -
Editorial
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A 2500 year old pseudo shell midden on Longreach Bay, Rottnest Island, Western Australia.
(Australian Archaeological Association, 1978-09)On several occasions during the past decade, Perth-based and occasional visiting Quaternary researchers have examined possible prehistoric human occupation sites on Rottnest Island, 20 km west of Fremantle, WA. The following ... -
Preliminary Report on 1977 Surveys and Excavations at Turtle Rock, Hervey Range, North Queensland
(Australian Archaeological Association, 1978-09)The report provides detailed site location analyses. It describes attempts to determine seasonal variability in relevant flora and fauna of the district, the search for sources of raw materials, exchange networks, and the ... -
Caveat Excavator: A Sea Bird Midden on Steep Head Island, North West Tasmania
(Australian Archaeological Association, 1978-09)Considerations for non man made artefacts; for example, shell middens created by sea birds, charcoal layers due to burnt ant hills, and flaked stones resulting from birds dropping pebbles. -
The Acheulian Industry of rock shelter IIIF-23 at Bhimbetka, Central India - a preliminary study.
(Australian Archaeological Association, 1978-09)In the last three and a half decades systematic exploration of many regions in India for palaeolithic remains has been carried out by workers from several institutions, the majority of them from the Deccan College, Poona, ... -
Swashway Sandblow
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Holier than thou. A symposium on old and new approaches to archaeological excavation in Australia and New Guinea.
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By the Shore
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A preliminary examination of prehistoric coastal settlement at Nelson Bay, West coast of Tasmania
(Australian Archaeological Association, 1978-09)This paper describes the results and interpretations of a preliminary survey of archaeological sites on the west coast of Tasmania undertaken as part of a PhD project into the prehistory of the area. -
In Memoriam Maureen Byrne
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Extinction
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A note on the discovery of stone tools on Erith Island, the Kent Group, Bass Strait
(Australian Archaeological Association, 1978-09)Between Erith and Dover there is what is known among the local fisherman as 'The Swashway', a low spit of pebbles linking the two islands at low tide but covered by broken surf at other times. Overlooking this swashway is ... -
Annual report of the Archaeological Society of Victoria, 1977
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Adaptive technology in Southwest Tasmania
(Australian Archaeological Association, 1978-09)Louisa Bay, in southwest Tasmania, was archaeologically investigated during two field seasons, eight weeks in 1975 and four weeks in 1976. A total of six sites were sampled. Sites on Maatsuyker Island, to the south, were ... -
Are there prehistoric shell middens on Rottwest Island?
(Australian Archaeological Association, 1978-09)In August 1973 a number of different types of shell bed were observed at Rottnest Island. The most massive of these were seen around the lakes at the eastern end of the island and there is no doubt that these are natural ... -
New light on the Lapstone Creek excavation
(Australian Archaeological Association, 1978-09)This paper deals with additional information about the nature of the Lapstone creek cave deposit and its interpretation, with a brief explanation of why the 1948 paper was published 12 years after the excavation in 1935-36.