Indigenous Australian message sticks, which feature markings to convey messages over long distances, analyzed for first time at scale through new database of 1,500 artifacts
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Indigenous Australian message sticks, which feature markings to convey messages over long distances, analyzed for first time at scale through new database of 1,500 artifacts
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Author Countries: Australia, Germany
Funding: The lead author (Piers Kelly) receives salary and project funding specifically for the research described in this paper. He is funded by an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award with the grant number DE220100795. No other author has received specific funding for this work. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Journal
PLoS ONE
Article Title
AMSD: The Australian Message Stick Database
Article Publication Date
10-Apr-2024
COI Statement
No authors have competing interests.
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Courtney Benton. (April 10, 2024). Indigenous Australian message sticks, which feature markings to convey messages over long distances, analyzed for first time at scale through new database of 1,500 artifacts. Scienmag. https://scienmag.com/indigenous-australian-message-sticks-which-feature-markings-to-convey-messages-over-long-distances-analyzed-for-first-time-at-scale-through-new-database-of-1500-artifacts/
Courtney Benton. "Indigenous Australian message sticks, which feature markings to convey messages over long distances, analyzed for first time at scale through new database of 1,500 artifacts." Scienmag, 10 April 2024, https://scienmag.com/indigenous-australian-message-sticks-which-feature-markings-to-convey-messages-over-long-distances-analyzed-for-first-time-at-scale-through-new-database-of-1500-artifacts/. Accessed 4 September 2026.
Courtney Benton. "Indigenous Australian message sticks, which feature markings to convey messages over long distances, analyzed for first time at scale through new database of 1,500 artifacts." Scienmag. April 10, 2024. https://scienmag.com/indigenous-australian-message-sticks-which-feature-markings-to-convey-messages-over-long-distances-analyzed-for-first-time-at-scale-through-new-database-of-1500-artifacts/
