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Names

Name PrimaryHowchin Type Specimens

IDs

ID LocalSAMA 40

ID UriOffline Only

Descriptions

Brief DescriptionIn the early 1900s Walter Howchin selected specimens from the Museum collection to begin the first formal descriptions of stone tool types. He concentrated on the Adelaide region and included large and small implements ranging from core scrapers, hammerstones, anvils to blades, scrapers, knives and adzes. These specimens were figured in his publication in 1937. The Museum still holds this figured types as a valuable part of the history of Australian Archaeology.

Note'The stone implements of the Adelaide Tribe of Aborigines (now extinct)' (1934) by Walter Howchin, Gillingham and Co, Adelaide.

Subjects

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

scotAboriginal peoples; Artefacts; Tools

localAdzes; Anvils; Blades; Core scrapers; Hammerstones; History of Australian Archaeology; Knives; Scrapers; Stone tool types

pontStone tools; Tools

person_orgWalter Howchin

Coverage Spatial

TextAdelaide region

Coverage Temporal

From1900

To1930

Related Collections

Dates

Date Record Updated2012-05-30 23:41

Date Created in MME2011-03-18 23:19