Coobool Creek : a morphological and metrical analysis of the crania, mandibles and dentitions of a prehistoric australian human population

Abstract

This monograph represents a continuation of the research in my PhD thesis, 'Coobool Creek: a\nprehistoric Australian hominid population', which was submitted to the Department of Prehistory,\nResearch School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University in 1982. My primary source of\nmotivation for rewriting and expanding the original work was the absence of detailed descriptions for\nmany of the 'classic' Australian hominid fossils. A profusion of words had been spoken, the\noccasional film produced, but comparatively little published. With the dearth of publications, several\nof these fossils have taken on mystical qualities which, at least from my own perspective, have little to\ndo with reality.\nIn its general form this monograph follows the original thesis. However, the reconstruction of\nadditional materials from Coobool Creek, combined with my own altered outlook on aspects of\nmethodology and interpretation, made rewriting sections of the primary work a priority. There is a\ngreater reliance on graphical means of data description and much of the analyses and data are new.\nThe sections in the thesis dealing with 'the mark of ancient Java' have been omitted. I am becoming\nincreasingly sceptical about the osteological evidence for such a link and intend to pursue this issue in\nthe future. In other respects the essential details of the conclusions I reached in 1 982 remain unaltered.

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