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Horizons of Change: Entanglement of Paleoenvironment and Cultural Dynamics in Australian Lithic Technology

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Lithic Technological Organization and Paleoenvironmental Change

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In Australia lithic technologies were entangled in the diverse processes by which people occupied environmental and social niches. Over the last few millennia, technological shifts were synchronized to paleoenvironmental transitions, but the mechanisms connecting technology and environment were multivalent. The mid-to-late-Holocene-intensified use of microliths (backed artifacts) in southeastern Australia reflects an emphasis on the production of craft objects for the reliable acquisition/processing of resources, but these artifacts were also employed to convey social information in changing times.

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Hiscock, P. (2018). Horizons of Change: Entanglement of Paleoenvironment and Cultural Dynamics in Australian Lithic Technology. In: Robinson, E., Sellet, F. (eds) Lithic Technological Organization and Paleoenvironmental Change. Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation, vol 9. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64407-3_5

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