FIRE-MAKING USING A STONE `STRIKE-A-LIGHT' IN THE SOA BASIN OF FLORES, INDONESIA

Authors

  • Adam Brumm Department of Archaeology and Natural History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7152/bippa.v26i0.12007

Abstract

During recent archaeological fieldwork on the island of Flores in eastern Indonesia, the author observed a firemaking technique involving the use of a stone `strike-alight' (see Skertchly 1879). The strike-a-light used was a chalcedony flake scavenged from a prehistoric site; hence the fire-making technique has archaeological and in particular, taphonomic, significance.

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Published

2007-03-12

Issue

Vol. 26: Papers from the Taipei and Manila congresses

Section

Articles