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 * Add Section "Archaeology in Mount Isa" Add paragraphs on pre-contact life to the history section of Mount Isa article
 * Go over history of archaeology in the region can't find any info on this
 * Ground stone axes appear in Australia around 20kya, earliest in the world. The Mount Isa region was a key production center of these axes
 * Center of stone tool production in the area; dolerite volcanic stone ; leilira blades
 * Also a trade center; traded with other groups all across the Lake Eye basin, exchanging tools for the tobacco drug pituri
 * Mount Isa stone tools were particularly valued
 * Ochre was also traded. Like the stone tools, Iain Davidson believes they were traded for cultural reasons as well as functional reasons, as ancient peoples would trade for Mount Isa ochre or tools despite the availability of local resources.
 * Rock art also present at Mount Isa
 * Rock art at Mt. Isa is mostly engraving, with some free painting. Stencil paintings are rare.
 * Rock art in the region varies in style from site to site, and includes circular, geometric, and figurative motifs.
 * Kalkadoon women often amputated their little finger
 * Unlike the trade in tools, stylistic differences between rock art in the Mount Isa region and the surrounding areas suggest that there was little to no artistic exchange.