Flaked Glass Tools from the Andaman Islands and Australia

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dc.contributor.authorCooper, Zarine
dc.contributor.authorBowdler, Sandra
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-04T19:47:22Z
dc.date.available2010-08-04T19:47:22Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractFlaked glass artifacts from archaeological contexts in the Andaman Islands and several widely separated regions of Australia are described. The general problems in the identification of these kinds of artifacts are reviewed. They are considered also in the light of nineteenth century ethnohistoric records from both areas describing their use and manufacture. Similarities in their mode of manufacture are attributed to the deployment of the fundamental processes involved in flaking (knapping) behavior when similar new materials are available. KEYWORDS: hunter-gatherer technology, flaked glass, knapping, Andaman Islands, Australia.
dc.identifier.citationCooper, Z., and S. Bowdler. 1998. Flaked Glass Tools from the Andaman Islands and Australia. Asian Perspectives 37 (1): 74-83.
dc.identifier.issn1535-8283 (E-ISSN)
dc.identifier.issn0066-8435 (Print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/17104
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu)
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 37
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNumber 1
dc.subjecthunter-gatherer technology
dc.subjectflaked glass
dc.subjectknapping
dc.subjectAndaman Islands
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.subject.lcshPrehistoric peoples--Asia--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshPrehistoric peoples--Oceania--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshAsia--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshOceania--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshEast Asia--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.titleFlaked Glass Tools from the Andaman Islands and Australia
dc.typeArticle
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