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The antiquity of man in Australia.
McCarthy, Frederick D. (Frederick David), 1905-1997.
Journal Article
J508.94/AUS/REF:AUSMUS;MAIN
1946-1949
The Australian Museum magazine.: 1946-1949, 9
Aboriginal Australians - History. ; Aboriginal Australians - Origin. ; Aboriginal Australians - Implements.
220-226
https://library.australian.museum//fullRecord.jsp?recno=35549
Article examining various stone implements and fossil skull finds in Australia and New Guinea and their implications in the dating of the aboriginal occupation of Australia. Includes photographs (Talgai skull, Queensland; a series of seven stone implements
showing various methods of production from crude flaking through to oval shaping by skillful flaking), diagrams (Upper Wanimo Series, Papua New Guinea; cross-section of Tartanga beds, South Australia; cross-section of Devon Downs cave shelter, South Australia; Lapstone Creek cave, New South Wales) and illustrations of key stone implements (Buandik biface hand-axe; Sumartra-type hand-axe; Horsehoof nuclei; Tula adze-flake; Burren adze-slug; Elouera adze-flake; geometrical microliths; Bondi point; Pirri uniface point; Kimberley biface and serrated point; Burin).
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The antiquity of man in Australia.

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