PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
The following illustrations are reproduced with
the kind permission of Boris Sokoloff. They are sketches from
Sokoloff's article on "Aboriginal Prehistory: Interpretation
of Artefacts" in Hunter Natural History (Sokoloff
1977), illustrating items located on the Awabakal Nature Reserve
near Dudley, and further north at Cape Hawke and Anna Bay. For
other illustrated collections see D.F.
Cooksey's "Aboriginal Flakes and tools" (Cooksey
1926), and also Hall
1928; Thorpe 1928;
McCarthy
and Davidson1943; McCarthy
1947 and Dyall
1971.
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1. Hafted stone
axe (Sokoloff
1977:19).
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2. Axe Head, ground edge, grooved, well
polished. Cape Hawke. (Sokoloff
1977: 20)
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3. Axe Head, ground edge, flaked pebble,
Hammerdressed. Anna Bay. (Sokoloff
1977: 20).
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7. Bondi Point: mounted in some gum (Sokoloff
1977:23).
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8. `Elouera' Scraper (Actual SIze) Awabakal
Nature Reserve (Sokoloff
1977:23).
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9. Sokoloff 1977, Plate 1: shows the deliberately
flacked back of the artefact (Sokoloff
1977:20a)
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10. Sokoloff 1977, Plate 2: The artifact
is held in such a manner that the working edge can be used
for a specific purpose. The smooth, worn working edge is
clearly evident and is indicative of its use in the past.
Therefore this artefact can be inferred to have been a large
hand scraper (Sokoloff
1977:20a).
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