35587
Accession Number
10414
Title Of Article Chaper
The petrology and probable stratigraphic significance of Aboriginal artifacts from part of south-western Australia
Title Of Journal Book
J.R. Soc. West. Aust
Volume
58
Issue
3
Pages
75-85
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Aboriginal rock and mineral artifacts found in southwestern Australia consisted of dolerite, actinolite-rich rock, granite, schist, quartz, quartzite, silcrete, siliceous and ferruginous shale, and 7 varieties of chert. The fossilferrous cryptocrystalline chert was found in firmly dated contexts only at Devils' Lair, in strata with radiocarbon dates of 19,000-12, 000 BP (before present). -- AATA
pub_id
35587