Stone age technology

Episode of Series “Quantum”.
In this short segment from Quantum, we are shown the unique stone-age technology of quartz cutting, developed by the Australian Aborigines some 20,000 years ago. The technique for cutting quartz is quite different and more sophisticated than that used for flint and had to be invented here, although it was a skill later discarded by the Aborigines.

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production company

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Duration

00:10:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1993

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Quantum

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ACMI Identifier

303275

Language

English

Subject categories

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Implements

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

History → Aboriginal Australians - History

History → History

History → Stone implements

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Sound

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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1993

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