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Kim Akerman<br />

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describe margin treatment on the contemporary and archaeological biface<br />

points of northern Australia.<br />

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d<br />

points that Don was replicating were made of glass and that it was probably<br />

likely that they were made with a metal indentor rather than a wooden one.<br />

In any case, unless the point was exceptionally large it is likely that all nega<br />

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been removed by use of the bone indentor. The technique, not the tool, may<br />

vis a vis the Palli Aike points he was at<br />

tempting to replicate.<br />

332<br />

Figure 5. Potential reduction trajectories<br />

of Kimberley point reduction<br />

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et al. 2002).<br />

Sound descriptions of the manufacture of glass points are provided by Por<br />

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Long lengths of wire were heated in the mid section, and then twisted about<br />

the shoulder of the bottle and above the base. The resulting cylinder of glass<br />

was divided longitudinally by using hot wire to create a crack and control the

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