TY - JOUR
T1 - A report on a tektite (australite) artefact from Calperum Station in the western central River Murray region, South Australia
AU - Roberts, Amy
AU - Morton, Catherine
AU - Westell, Craig
AU - Burke, Heather
AU - Morrison, Mick
AU - River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation,
PY - 2020/7/15
Y1 - 2020/7/15
N2 - This paper reports on the recent discovery of a flaked Australian tektite (australite) artefact at Calperum Station in the western central River Murray region, South Australia. Reports of provenanced and well-contextualised australite artefacts in Australia are rare and the find reported here is the first known example on the station and its surrounds. As such, this flaked australite allows us to enhance our understanding of the distribution, size, manufacture and use of this natural glass by Aboriginal people.
AB - This paper reports on the recent discovery of a flaked Australian tektite (australite) artefact at Calperum Station in the western central River Murray region, South Australia. Reports of provenanced and well-contextualised australite artefacts in Australia are rare and the find reported here is the first known example on the station and its surrounds. As such, this flaked australite allows us to enhance our understanding of the distribution, size, manufacture and use of this natural glass by Aboriginal people.
KW - australite
KW - flaked natural glass
KW - Murray River
KW - Norman Tindale
KW - South Australia
KW - Tektite
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084261438&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP170100479
U2 - 10.1080/03122417.2020.1752432
DO - 10.1080/03122417.2020.1752432
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85084261438
SN - 0312-2417
VL - 86
SP - 75
EP - 79
JO - Australian Archaeology
JF - Australian Archaeology
IS - 1
ER -