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.
Credits
Collection metadata
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
Television
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)