- Title
- Stones and grinding: Wagiman ethnogeology
- Creator
- Harvey, Mark
- Relation
- Funding BodyARCGrant NumberLP120200393 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP120200393
- Relation
- Australian Aboriginal Studies Vol. 2016, Issue 1, p. 12-23
- Relation
- http://aiatsis.gov.au/publications/products/australian-aboriginal-studies-issue-1-2016
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- An extensive research literature focuses on stone as an instrument in, and output of, manufacturing processes, including substantial literature in ethnoarchaeology which reports and analyses manufacturing processes from the perspective of people with knowledge of these processes. By contrast, there is a dearth of literature on either stone as an input to manufacturing or on stone in other contexts. There has been no examination to determine if there are systematic subclass oppositions within stone terminologies and, if so, which parameters these oppositions reflect. Developing an overall understanding of stone terminology — ethnogeology — will advance analysis of the conceptualisation of both raw materials and manufacturing in hunter-gatherer economies. Wagiman stone terminology is presented as a detailed example.
- Subject
- stones; instruments; ethnoarchaeology; Wagiman ethnogeology; Wagiman stone terminology
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1331604
- Identifier
- uon:26664
- Identifier
- ISSN:0729-4352
- Language
- eng
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