The Artefact, fomerly the newsletter of the Archaeological Society of Victoria, is now a professional research journal specializing in the ethno-history and archaeology (prehistoric, historic, and ethno) of the Pacific region

Orchiston, D Wayne

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Australian Archaeology    Archived at Flinders University: dspace.flinders.edu.au  Full Citation Details: Orchiston, D.W. 1976. A New Archaeology-Ethnohistory Research Journal for The Pacific Area. 'Australian Archaeology', no.4, 12-14.                In September and October Public Lectures were given on Melanesian anthropology and prehis tory  and Polynesian ethnohistory by Graemc Pre t ty ,  J i m  Specht, and Wayne Orchiston, respec t ive ly ,  i n  conjunction with an ethnographic exhib i t ion  on t r a d i t i o n a l  Melanesian warfare displayed i n  t h e  Universi ty Gallery (see Orchiston 1975). Then, almost two months l a t e r ,  John Mulvaney followed with a most successful  Public  Lecture. This took place during a Conference on Victorian Prehis tory  (see 'Recent Developments i n  Victorian Prehis tory ' ,  elsewhere i n  t h i s  Nell8ktter) , organised jo in t ly  by t h e  Geology and History Departments and t h e  Off i c e  f o r  Continuing Education. Other Developments TWO new University- leve l Adult Education courses on 'An Introduction t o  P reh i s to r i c  Archaeology1 and 'The Prehis tory  of Polynesia' were of fered  by History Department s t a f f  during t h e  year, and proved popular. Meanwhile, within t h e  Universi ty,  c lose  contacts  were maintained with personnel i n  the  Departments of Economic History, Geology and Zoology (and t h e  Geography Department a t  Monash) where Austral ian p reh i s to ry  i s  a l s o  taught ,  and exchange lec tures  were arranged with Geology and Geography. Closer t i e s  were a l s o  forged between t h e  History Department and the  Archaeological Society of  Vic tor ia .  D.  Wayne Orchiston Reference Orchiston, D. Wayne 1975 Wmfare Cn Mehme8~u. The Lmhard  A& EthnoZogicaZ CoZZscth Rmt mo. Melbourne, University of  Melbourne. A NEW ARCHAEOLOGY - ETHNOHI S P R Y  RESEARCH JOURNAL FOR THE PACIFIC AREA The Artefact, fonnerly the  newsle t te r  of t h e  Archaeological Society of Victoria ,  i s  now a profess ional  research journal spec i a l i s ing  i n  the  ethnohistory and archaeology (prehis tor ic ,  h i s t o r i c ,  and ethno-) o f  t he  P a c i f i c  region.  The new journal i s  published qua r t e r ly  (not twice- yearly,  a s  previously s t a t ed )  and each number should average around 50-60 pages. Contents include a News and Notes s ec t ion ,  research and review papers, and book reviews. The 1976 annual subscript ion is $AS.OO i f  posted t o  an Austral ian address, and $US10.00 f o r  overseas subscribers  (or  SA7.00 i f  submitted i n  Austral ian currency). A l l  subscript ions should be d i r ec t ed  t o  t he  Honorary Secretary of the  Society: Archived at Flinders University: dspace.flinders.edu.auMr D.H. Ferguson 34 Peterleigh Grove Essendon Victoria 3040 Australia. The four 1976 issues of the journal will include the following pzpers : Anderson, J.R. and Joyce, E. B. 'Quaternary geology and environments at the Dry Creek archaeological sites near Keilor' . Coutts, P., Witter, D., McIlwraith, M. and Frank, R. IThe Mound People of Western Victoria - a preliminary statement ' . Gallus, A. 'The Middle and Early Upper Pleistocene stone industries at the Dry Creek archaeological sites near Keilor' . Gill, E.D. 'The Aborigines and coastal processes in Western Victoria, Australia'. Glenie, R. 'Historical background and geology of the Lancefield megafaunal sitef . Horrocks, L. C. ' A  study in inter-cultural conflict : the Du Fresne Massacre at the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, Horton, D. 'Analysis of fauna from Lancefield'. Jurisich, M. 'Analysis of human skeletal remains from recent excavations in Victoria' . Ladd, P. 'The past vegetation around the Lancefield bone bed site'. Lourandos, H. 'Aboriginal settlement and land use in Southwestern Victoria' . Macwnber, P. 'Late Pleistocene hominid sites in Northern Victoria' . Orchiston, D.W. 'Morphological and chronological characteristics of prehistoric South Island N e w  Zealand harpoons'. All papers except those by Horrocks, Jurisich, and Orchiston derive from the Conference on 'Aboriginal Man and Environment in Southeastern Australia: Recent Developrncnts in lrictorian Prehistory' held at the University of Melbourne i n Sovember 1975. Archived at Flinders University: dspace.flinders.edu.auEdi to r i a l  enqui r ies  and o f f e r s  o f  papers a r e  welcomed, pa r t i cu l a r ly  from Melanesian, Polynesian, and South East Asian scholars ,  and s h o ~ l d  be addressed t o :  D r  9. Wayne Orchiston History De3artment University of  Melbourne Parkvi l le  Vic tor ia  3052 Austral ia .  ABORIGINAL ADZE STONE HOARDS FOUND ON THE ARCOONA PLATEAU NEAR WOOMERA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Introduction In October 1970, t h e  Woomera Natural His tory  Society held a f i e l d  excursion t o  t h e  Lake Hanson a rea .  The purpose of  t h i s  paper is t o  provide d e t a i l s  o f  a hoard o r  cache of Aboriginal adze stones found by t h e  wr i t e r  on t h a t  occasion. This paper w i l l  a l so  describe two smaller  f i nds  o f  hoarded adze s tones ,  made in  o ther  p a r t s  of t h e  region i n  recent  years .  Part  ' A 1  - North East Lake Hanson Description of t h e  S i t e  Lake Hanson is a s a l t  lake s i t u a t e d  about 220 km north-west of Port Augusta. This lake i s  located a t  t h e  western end of the Arcoona Plateaux, an e leva ted  s a l t  bush and gibber p la in  d issec ted  i n  places by lowlands of sand, scrub and s a l t  lakes. The region has been described i n  d e t a i l  by R.K. Johns, 1967:21-2. Permanent surface water i s  v i r t u a l l y  non-existent  although a f t e r  good seasons waterholes and f r e sh  water lakes may hold water f o r  severa l  years. In some creeks,  soak water p o s s i b i l i t i e s  a r e  good and t h i s  f i nd  o f  adze s tones  was made near one such spot .  Running in to  t h e  north-east  s ec t ion  of  Lake Hanson i s  a creek consist ing of  two arms. The confluence of t h e  two arms occurs j u s t  above a rocky bar and it i s  a t  t h i s  poin t  t h a t  scak water i s  l i ke ly .  One arm of t h e  creek r i s e s  on t h e  plateau t o  t h e  e a s t  whi ls t  t h e  o ther  arm d ra ins  a va l l ey  c u t t i n g  Sack i n t o  the  p la teau  t o  t h e  north. Archived at Flinders University: dspace.flinders.edu.au

A New Archaeology-Ethnohistory Research Journal for The Pacific Area

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