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DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0222680
	Quandong stones: A specialised Australian nut-cracking tool
	Pardoe, Colin; Fullagar, Richard; Hayes, Elspeth
通讯作者	Pardoe, C (corresponding author), Australian Natl Univ, Archaeol & Nat Hist, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
来源期刊	PLOS ONE
ISSN	1932-6203
出版年	2019
卷号	14 期号:10
英文摘要	The quandong or native peach (Santalum acuminatum R.Br.) has been recognised as an important and tasty food resource among Aboriginal Australians in arid and semi-arid areas of southern Australia. It is valued for its fruit that is consumed raw or dried, and for its kernel, which is eaten raw or ground into paste for medicinal and skin care purposes. This paper reports on a study of ground stone implements within the Murray Darling Basin that has identified quandong stones as a distinct type of implement made specifically for the efficient cracking of quandong nuts. Data are presented on 1,327 ground stone implements from collections in 12 different locations in the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), an area almost completely devoid of stone sources. Given the paucity of stone, multi-purpose use of implements is widely documented. Although it was common to find pits present in mortars and other ground stone tools demonstrating multiple functions, including use as anvils, a class of single purpose stones with multiple pits and distinctive form was identified. Most of these were found in areas known for groves of quandong and four were analysed for use-wear and residues along with two other ground stone items from the MDB. The results support their identification as specialised anvil stones for cracking quandong nuts.
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000532388000011
WOS关键词	SOUTHEASTERN PRE-PYRENEES ; MESOLITHIC SITE ; SUBSISTENCE ; SANTALUM
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/369803
作者单位	[Pardoe, Colin] Australian Natl Univ, Archaeol & Nat Hist, Canberra, ACT, Australia; [Fullagar, Richard; Hayes, Elspeth] Univ Wollongong, Sch Earth Atmospher & Life Sci, Ctr Archaeol Sci, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Pardoe, Colin,Fullagar, Richard,Hayes, Elspeth. Quandong stones: A specialised Australian nut-cracking tool[J],2019,14(10).
APA	Pardoe, Colin,Fullagar, Richard,&Hayes, Elspeth.(2019).Quandong stones: A specialised Australian nut-cracking tool.PLOS ONE,14(10).
MLA	Pardoe, Colin,et al."Quandong stones: A specialised Australian nut-cracking tool".PLOS ONE 14.10(2019).