Historical information
Silcrete and quartzite can create sharp flakes and have been important materials for stone tool making by Aboriginal Australians
Physical description
Twelve pieces of partially worked stone by Aboriginal people. Flakes or core, silcrete or quartzite.
8968.1 - Silcrete, pale material is anatase
8968.2 - Silcrete
8968.3 - Silcrete
8968.4 - Quartzite
8968.5 - Quartzite
8968.6 - Quartzite - heavily cemented on metamorphosed sandstone
8968.7 - Silcrete
8968.8 - Quartzite
8968.9 - Silcrete in sandy texture (others muddy texture)
8968.10 - Quartzite
8968.11 - Silcrete - part course, part fine, not neatly layered
8968 - 12 Silcrete - two textures - partly muddy, partly sandy
Subjects
References
- Australia: The Land Where Time Began
- Aboriginal Flaked Stone Tools How flaked tools were created and how used
- Silcrete
- The stone implements of Australia