Caroline Bird is a consulting archaeologist with Archae-aus and an Honorary Research Associate with the Western Australian Museum. She specialises in stone artefact analysis.James W. Rhoads is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia, and an Honorary Research Associate at the Australian Museum, Sydney. His main area of interest is in Papua New Guinea ethnoarchaeology

• List of figuresList of tablesAcknowledgementsForeword by Peter Hiscock 1. Background: compliance archaeology and research in the Pilbara2. Research framework3. Natural environment and cultural contexts4. Surface artefact scatters5. Rockshelters6. Site and landscape7. Crafting country ReferencesIndex Appendices

"Crafting Country is an important step in making the archaeology of the Pilbara more accessible...[it] fills an important gap in our understanding"

Caroline Bird is a consulting archaeologist with Archae-aus and an Honorary Research Associate with the Western Australian Museum. She specialises in stone artefact analysis.James W. Rhoads is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia, and an Honorary Research Associate at the Australian Museum, Sydney. His main area of interest is in Papua New Guinea ethnoarchaeology

• List of figuresList of tablesAcknowledgementsForeword by Peter Hiscock 1. Background: compliance archaeology and research in the Pilbara2. Research framework3. Natural environment and cultural contexts4. Surface artefact scatters5. Rockshelters6. Site and landscape7. Crafting country ReferencesIndex Appendices

"Crafting Country is an important step in making the archaeology of the Pilbara more accessible...[it] fills an important gap in our understanding"

Caroline Bird is a consulting archaeologist with Archae-aus and an Honorary Research Associate with the Western Australian Museum. She specialises in stone artefact analysis.James W. Rhoads is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia, and an Honorary Research Associate at the Australian Museum, Sydney. His main area of interest is in Papua New Guinea ethnoarchaeology

• List of figuresList of tablesAcknowledgementsForeword by Peter Hiscock 1. Background: compliance archaeology and research in the Pilbara2. Research framework3. Natural environment and cultural contexts4. Surface artefact scatters5. Rockshelters6. Site and landscape7. Crafting country ReferencesIndex Appendices

"Crafting Country is an important step in making the archaeology of the Pilbara more accessible...[it] fills an important gap in our understanding"