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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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A Record in Bone: Exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander bone and tooth objects

A Record in Bone: Exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander bone and tooth objects

Head, Lesley
Langely, C. Michelle

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Native American HistoryAnthropology

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ISBN10: 0855751282
ISBN13: 9780855751289
Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
Pages: 274
Weight: 1.32
Height: 0.74 Width: 6.89 Depth: 9.45
Language: English
Bone and tooth tools and ornaments have been made by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for at least 46,000 years, using some of the oldest technologies in the world. Despite their beauty, sophistication and ubiquity, archaeologists and other researchers have overwhelmingly focused on the stone artefacts of Australia. Consequently, until now, we have known little of how bone and tooth objects were made and used, or how individual communities differed in how they worked with the material. A Record in Bone brings together into one volume the scattered and sometimes difficult-to-find research and findings of more than a century. It reveals Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' innovative bone, tooth, quill and claw industries, including the extensive use of ornamentation, the bone points and hooks which have been central to fishing in Australia for about 5000 years, and much more.

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