| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 270 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Terra Australis ; 30 |
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Terra Australis ; 30.
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| Contents |
Preface / Michael Haslam and Alison Crowther -- Stones, stories and science / Richard Fullagar -- Tom Loy publications: 1978-2006 -- PRINCIPLES: synthesis, classification and experiment. The impact of micro-residue studies on South African Middle Stone Age research / Marlize Lombard and Lyn Wadley -- A microstratigraphic investigation into the longevity of archaeological residues Sterkfontein, South Africa / Peta Jane Jones -- Mountains and molehills: sample size in archaeological microscopic stone-tool residue analysis / Michael Haslam -- Building a comparative starch reference collection for Indonesia and its application to palaeoenvironmental and archaeological research / Carol Lentfer -- Morphometric analysis of calcium oxalate raphides and assessment of their taxonomic value for archaeological microfossil studies / Alison Crowther -- Starch granule taphonomy: the results of a two year field experiment / Huw Barton -- Toward using an oxidatively damaged plasmid as an intra- and inter-laboratory standard for ancient DNA studies / Loraine Watson [and others] -- Method validation in forensics and the archaeological sciences / Vojtech Hlinka, Iman Muharam and Vanessa K. Ientile -- PRACTICE: case studies in residue and ancient DNA analysis. Mesolithic stone tool function and site types in Northern Bohemia, Czech Republic Bruce Hardy and Jiri Svoboda -- Chloroplast DNA from 16th century waterlogged oak in a marine environment: initial steps in sourcing the Mary Rose timbers / Alanna K. Speirs, Glenn McConnachie and Andrew J. Lowe -- Drawing first blood from Maya ceramics at Copán, Honduras / Carney Matheson, Jay Hall and Rene Viel -- A molecular study of a rare Maori cloak / Katie Hartnup [and others] -- Tools on the surface: residue and use-wear analyses of stone artefacts from Camooweal, northwest Queensland / Jane Cooper and Sue Nugent -- Starch residues on grinding stones in private collections: a study of morahs from the tropical rainforests of NE Queensland / Judith Field [and others] -- Aboriginal craft and subsistence activities at Native Well I and Native Well II, Central Western Highlands, Queensland: results of a residue and use-wear analysis of backed artefacts / Gail Robertson -- Deadly weapons: backed microliths from Narrabeen, New South Wales / Richard Fullagar [and others] |
| Summary |
"These highly varied studies, spanning the world, demonstrate how much modern analyses of microscopic traces on artifacts are altering our perceptions of the past. Ranging from early humans to modern kings, from ancient Australian spears or Mayan pots to recent Maori cloaks, the contributions demonstrate how starches, raphides, hair, blood, feathers, resin and DNA have become essential elements in archaeology's modern arsenal for reconstructing the daily, spiritual, and challenging aspects of ancient lives and for understanding human evolution."--Publisher's description |
| Notes |
Chiefly papers originally presented at a symposium held in Tom H. Loy's memory on Aug. 19, 2006 at the University of Queensland, Brisbane |
| Bibliography |
"Thomas H. Loy publications, 1978-2006": pages 8-10 |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Archaeometry -- Congresses
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Archaeology -- Methodology -- Congresses
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Archaeology -- Methodology.
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Festschriften -- Australia
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Archaeometry.
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archaeometry.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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Festschriften
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Archaeology -- Methodology
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Archaeometry
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Genetischer Fingerabdruck
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Archäologie
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Australia
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Festschriften.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Haslam, Michael, 1978- editor.
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Loy, Thomas H., 1942-2005, honouree
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University of Queensland.
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| ISBN |
9781921536854 |
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1921536853 |
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