Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/62593
Title: Lithic technologies from a stone hut and arrangement complex in Pitta Pitta Country Queensland, and the detection of social learning in archaeology
Contributor(s): Maloney, Tim R (author); Wallis, Lynley A (author); Davidson, Iain  (author)orcid ; Burke, Heather (author); Barker, Bryce (author); Melville, Dennis (author); Jacks, Geoffrey (author); Perston, Yinika (author)
Publication Date: 2022
DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2022.2082001
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/62593
Abstract: 

Lithic assemblages associated with Indigenous Australian built structures are under explored. The Hilary Creek Site 1 (HCS1) complex, western Queensland, comprising at least 16 stone-based hut structures and multiple stone arrangements, also contains a surface assemblage of thousands of flaked stone artefacts. Analysis of a sample of this assemblage provides novel insights into the technology and role of flaked stone artefacts at this site, revealing trends in production reminiscent of industries found elsewhere in arid Australia, including the highly standardised tula adze technology. The nature of the HCS1 complex, revealed through a combination of Indigenous knowledge, historical research and archaeology, facilitates exploration of theoretical models seeking to detect aspects of social learning amongst those making flaked stone artefacts. We offer social learning theory as a novel way to expand on the significance of lithic technology at this unique site – a Pitta Pitta place of teaching, learning, and youth initiation – and present new directions for theoretical model-ling of flaked stone artefact variability in Australian archaeology.

Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Australian Archaeology, 88(2), p. 180-199
Publisher: Routledge
Place of Publication: Australia
ISSN: 2470-0363
0312-2417
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 4301 Archaeology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: tbd
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Appears in Collections:Journal Article
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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