The social archaeology of Australian indigenous societies [electronic resource] / edited by Bruno Da...
The social archaeology of Australian indigenous societies [electronic resource] / edited by Bruno Da...
The social archaeology of Australian indigenous societies [electronic resource] / edited by Bruno David, Bryce Barker, Ian J. McNiven.
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Canberra, A.C.T. : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2006.
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2006.
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1 online resource (774 p.)
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computer
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online resource
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Contents; Figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Part 1 The emergence of social archaeology in Australia; 1. The social archaeology of Indigenous Australia; December 1978; Towards a social archaeology; A different social archaeology for Indigenous societies?; Beyond eco...
3. Harry Lourandos' life and work: an Australian archaeological odysseyAcknowledgements; Part 2 Tyranny of text; 4. Unpacking Australian prehistory; Unpacking our library, unpacking our thinking; Approaching the past: a concern with prejudice; Prehistory; Symbolic ways of Being: hunting and gatherin...
IntroductionThe construction of scientific evidence; Historicising the Whitsunday's past; The historical record; Norman B Tindale; Walter E Roth; The archaeological record; Discussion; An integrative model?; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; 6. Colonial diffusionism and the archaeology of external influ...
Acknowledgements7. Harry Lourandos, the 'Great Intensification Debate', and the representation of Indigenous pasts; 'Intensification' revisited; Will the 'real' intensification please step forward?; The 'Great Intensification Debate'; Outcomes; Reactions; Revisions; Discussion: the politics and poet...
The material dimension of Aboriginal social lifeCultural continuity; Interpreting actions on Country; Aboriginal interpretations of artefactual remains; Birthplace; Burial sites; Footprints; Massacre sites; Case 1: Waanyi and Gangalidda, Gulf of Carpentaria; Case 2: Ghungalu and Kangoulu, central Qu...
Two sacred stories: water forms, ancestral beings and places
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Canberra, A.C.T. : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2006.
Date Published
2006.
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Revealing the ancient past of Aboriginal Australians to be one of longterm changes in social relationships and traditions?as well as in the active management and manipulation of the environment?this account encourages a deeper appreciation of the ways Aboriginal peoples have engaged with and constructed their worlds. The study also solicits a deepe...
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The social archaeology of Australian indigenous societies [electronic resource] / edited by Bruno David, Bryce Barker, Ian J. McNiven.
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"Aboriginal Studies Press is the publishing arm of Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Studies"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-367) and index.
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English
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74VK3ek7WjAM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK3ek7WjAM
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0-85575-557-1
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305.89915
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991023937097502626
