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Abstract

All students and collectors of Tasmanian stone implements are more or less familiar with the type generally
known as "Pounder" or hammer-stone, which occurs on most
of the ancient native camping grounds along the East Coast,
the estuary of the river Derwent, and in the wind-blown
sand pits of the Midlands. This type is fairly well represented in the collection at
the Tasmanian Museum. For example, the
Ovate or true hammer-stone were chosen from the beaches and beds
of streams for their handy shape and suitability for the
delivery of hard fracturing blows, evidence of such usage
being plainly marked at their extremities.
There is also another type, typical of the East Coast
camps in particular. This is distinguished by its somewhat
elongated shape, best likened to that of a small Banana, or
perhaps better, to the white Passion-fruit of temperate
climes.
This last-mentioned type was probably used for breaking
open the shells of the Green Whelk (Turbo undulatus) which
figured so largely as an article of food with the natives
whilst they were roaming the coast-line.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Legge, Robert W
Keywords:	Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
Journal or Publication Title:	Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
ISSN:	0080-4703
Collections:	Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Additional Information:	Copyright Royal Society of Tasmania
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