TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterizing Late Pleistocene and Holocene Stone Artefact Assemblages from Puritjarra Rock Shelter: A Long Sequence from the Australian Desert
AU - Smith, Mike
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This paper presents the first detailed study of a large assemblage of late Pleistocene artefacts from the central desert. Analysis of the lithics shows show that Puritjarra rock shelter was used more intensively over time, with significant shifts in the character of occupation at 18,000, 7,500 and 800 B.P., reflecting significant re-organization of activities across the landscape. The same generalized flake and core technology appears to have been used for over 30 millennia with only limited change in artefact typology over this period.
AB - This paper presents the first detailed study of a large assemblage of late Pleistocene artefacts from the central desert. Analysis of the lithics shows show that Puritjarra rock shelter was used more intensively over time, with significant shifts in the character of occupation at 18,000, 7,500 and 800 B.P., reflecting significant re-organization of activities across the landscape. The same generalized flake and core technology appears to have been used for over 30 millennia with only limited change in artefact typology over this period.
U2 - 10.3853/j.0067-1975.58.2006.1470
DO - 10.3853/j.0067-1975.58.2006.1470
M3 - Article
VL - 58
SP - 371
EP - 410
JO - Records of the Australian Museum
JF - Records of the Australian Museum
SN - 0067-1975
ER -