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Formal variation in Australian spear and spearthrower technology / B.J. Cundy.

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Field name	Details
Author	Cundy, B. J.
Title	Formal variation in Australian spear and spearthrower technology / B.J. Cundy.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Oxford, England : B.A.R., 1989.
Description	1 pdf (347 pages) : illustrations.
Series	BAR international series 546.
Note	Bibliography; p.127-143; Includes tables.
Dissertation	Based on the author's M.A. thesis, Australian National University, 1980.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-143)
Summary	Published version of MA thesis; investigation of the variation in Australian spear and spearthrower technology through the analysis of the mechanical and material factors controlling form; includes performance comparison of hand thrown and spearthrown spears, spear aerodynamics, wound ballistics and models of spearthrower operation; application of models to spear and spearthrower forms from the Northern Territory; brief discussion of implications for understanding technological variation.
Subjects	Aboriginal Australians -- Warfare
	Spears -- Australia
	Throwing-sticks -- Australia
	Aboriginal Australians -- Implements
	Material culture -- Australia
	Aboriginal Australians -- Material culture
	Northern Territory (NT)
Series	BAR international series 546.
Call number	Online resource
Internet Site	Access via Australian National University Open Research Repository