Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Bruising the red earth : ochre mining and ritual in Aboriginal Tasmania / edited by Antonio Sagona

Bruising the red earth : ochre mining and ritual in Aboriginal Tasmania / edited by Antonio Sagona

Contains six reports on aspects of the Toolumbunner ochre mine, the Gog Range, Tasmania; 1) McKay - The rediscovery of Toolumbunner; historical background to the use and discovery of the ochre source; 2) Sagona - The quest for red gold - annotated separately; 3) Webb, Thomas and Thiele - The physical setting of the Gog Range - regional geology and vegetation; 4) Sagona and Webb - The excavation - surface features, ochre geochemistry, stratigraphy and dates of deposits; 5) Webb, McKay and Sagona - Analysis of finds - lithology of materials, procurement patterns, artefact typology, grindstones (ballywinne stones) - manufacture, ochre processing and its social meaning, social organisation and lithic distribution; 6) Sagona and Webb - Toolumbunner in Perspective - annotated separately; ochre and ochre mines; excavations; geomorphological and geological analysis; surveys; tools - knapped; tools - percussion and abrading devices; colonisation - 1788 to 1850 - Tasmania