Abstract
Toolmakers in Queensland Australia used ingenious knapping techniques to produce an implement with a large bulb of percussion and a gouge-shaped cutting edge: the "gull-wing tula adze". The author concludes that the tool results from a unique compromise between an inefficient knapping technique and a peculiar - but in this case desirable -phenomenon of fracture mechanics.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 61-73 |
| Journal | Antiquity |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue number | 299 |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Dec 2004 |
Keywords
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology
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