A report on a tektite (australite) artefact from Calperum Station in the western central River Murray region, South Australia

Title
A report on a tektite (australite) artefact from Calperum Station in the western central River Murray region, South Australia
Publication Date
2020
Author(s)
Roberts, Amy
Morton, Catherine
Westell, Craig
Burke, Heather
Morrison, Mick
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3971-7829
Email: mmorri62@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:mmorri62
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
Australia
DOI
10.1080/03122417.2020.1752432
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/30272
Abstract
This paper reports on the recent discovery of a flaked Australian tektite (australite) artefact at Calperum Station in the western central River Murray region, South Australia. Reports of provenanced and well-contextualised australite artefacts in Australia are rare and the find reported here is the first known example on the station and its surrounds. As such, this flaked australite allows us to enhance our understanding of the distribution, size, manufacture and use of this natural glass by Aboriginal people.
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Citation
Australian Archaeology, 86(1), p. 75-79
ISSN
2470-0363
0312-2417
Start page
75
End page
79

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