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Names

Name PrimaryArcoona Collection

Name AlternateRon Hewitt Collection

IDs

ID LocalSAMA 38

ID UriOffline Only

Descriptions

Brief DescriptionNumerous chert small tools collected from the Arcoona region (Woomera) by amateur archaeologist Ron Hewitt. Whilst based at Woomera, Ron established a keen interest in Indigenous prehistoric occupation. Having met and been encouraged by Walter MacDougall, he began collecting, describing and curating lithics from Arcoona. In 1976 he published a paper on a hoard of stone adzes. Ron gave much of his time and expertise voluntarily to staff at the museum from the 1970s to 90s and has donated a good deal of his collection to the South Australian Museum. The collection is a very valuable expression of the use of fine grained material from a semi arid environment.

Note'Aboriginal adze stone hoards found on the Arcoona Plateau, near Woomera South Australia' (1976) by Ron Hewitt, Australian Archaeology Vol 4(14-52).

Subjects

aptAboriginal artefacts; Aboriginal culture; Aboriginal peoples (Australians); Stone tools; Tools

scotAboriginal peoples; Artefacts; Tools

localArchaeology; Arcoona; Chert tools; Lithics; Stone adzes

person_orgRon Hewitt

pontStone tools; Tools

Coverage Spatial

TextArcoona Plateau; Woomera, South Australia

Coverage Temporal

From1990

To1999

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Dates

Date Record Updated2012-05-30 23:41

Date Created in MME2011-03-18 23:17