MORE ABOUT STONE TOOLS

This page contains links to the following areas that have been set up to provide more detailed information and an artistic interpretation of stone tools:

• An article by R.V.S. Wright entitled Stone Implements. The article is an extract from Australian Field Archaeology: A guide to techniques edited by Graham Connah. An article on the collection, production and recognition of stone implements which is important for interpreting Australia's prehistoric archaeology.

• An article by D.A. Casey, I.M. Crawford and R.V.S. Wright entitled The Recognition, Description, Classification and Nomenclature of Australian Stone Implements. This article is an extract from D.J. Mulvaney's manual entitled Australian Archaeology: A guide to field and laboratory techniques. Not only does this article cover steps for recognising and classifying implements it also warns of the pitfalls of incorrect or misleading descriptions.

• STONE AGE HUMOUR. An alternative view of stone tools from Gary Larson's Farside!

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