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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Mikeen
dc.contributor.authorMcBryde, Isabelen
dc.contributor.authorRoss, Juneen
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-09T12:48:00Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.citationAustralian Aboriginal Studies, 2010(1), p. 92-99en
dc.identifier.issn0729-4352en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7683-
dc.description.abstractIn arid Australia the importance of grass and acacia seeds as grain led to a substantial demand by Aboriginal groups for replacement grinding slabs. This demand was met in some areas by large grindstone quarries that supplied millstones for local needs, as well as long-distance exchange networks (McBryde 1987, 1997:594; Mulvaney 1976; our terminology follows the grindstone typology set out in Smith 1985, 1986). These grindstone quarries are typically located where there are suitable sandstone outcrops on the edge of large tracts of sand plain, dune field or stony 'gibber' desert - areas where sandstone slabs are otherwise scarce. The best known examples are the quarries at Helen Springs ('Kurutiti') in the Northern Territory (Mulvaney and Gunn 1995) and others in South Australia, including Anna Creek ('Palthirri-pirdi'), west of Lake Eyre South ('Hercus 2005'); Tooths Nob ('Wadla wadlyu'), north of Reaphook Hill in the Flinders Ranges (McBryde 1997); Charlie Swamp ('Biljamana/Pidleeomina'), south of Finniss Springs Station (McBryde 1982); and the quarry complexes north and south of Cooper Creek at Innamincka (including Wild Dog Hill and McLeod's Hill) (Hiscock and Mitchell 1993; McBryde 1987, 1997). Despite their importance for desert prehistory, there are few published plans of this type of site, and little quantitative data on the scale of grindstone production (although see McBryde 1997 and Mulvaney and Gunn 1995 for exceptions). Here, we describe Narcoonowie, a small, discrete, grindstone quarry in the Strzelecki Desert in north-eastern South Australia (Figure 1). PJ Hughes briefly recorded the quarry in 1980, during an impact assessment survey of archaeological sites in the Cooper Basin (Hughes 1980, 1983). We recently relocated it on aerial photographs.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherAboriginal Studies Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofAustralian Aboriginal Studiesen
dc.titleThe economics of grindstone production at Narcoonowie quarry, Strzelecki Deserten
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.subject.keywordsAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeologyen
local.contributor.firstnameMikeen
local.contributor.firstnameIsabelen
local.contributor.firstnameJuneen
local.subject.for2008210101 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeologyen
local.subject.seo2008970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeologyen
local.subject.seo2008950503 Understanding Australias Pasten
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.emailjross4@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20110609-120339en
local.publisher.placeAustraliaen
local.format.startpage92en
local.format.endpage99en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume2010en
local.identifier.issue1en
local.contributor.lastnameSmithen
local.contributor.lastnameMcBrydeen
local.contributor.lastnameRossen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:jross4en
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:7854en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleThe economics of grindstone production at Narcoonowie quarry, Strzelecki Deserten
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.relation.urlhttp://www.aiatsis.gov.au/asj/2010.htmlen
local.search.authorSmith, Mikeen
local.search.authorMcBryde, Isabelen
local.search.authorRoss, Juneen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2010en
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