Second nature : the history and implications of Australia as Aboriginal landscape / Lesley Head.
Second nature : the history and implications of Australia as Aboriginal landscape / Lesley Head.
Second nature : the history and implications of Australia as Aboriginal landscape / Lesley Head.
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Publisher
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2000.
Date
2000.
Call Numbers
N306.08999/2 , 306.0899/2
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiii, 272 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Hunter-Gatherers, Land, and the Past -- 2. Zones and Strata, or How the Aborigines Became Living Fossils. Nomads -- 3. Timeless and Placeless. All the Children She Had -- 4. Numbering Deep Time. A History for the People Without History -- 5. Landscape: Pure and Primordial? No Dams -- 6. Peopling...
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Publisher
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2000.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2000.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"In Second Nature, Lesley Head examines modern Australia's efforts to come to terms with its Aboriginal past." "Drawing on anthropology, archeology, and history, Head shows that through their use of fire and their methods of hunting and gathering, Aboriginal ancestors transformed the country's biophysical landscape in a variety of still debated way...
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Second nature : the history and implications of Australia as Aboriginal landscape / Lesley Head.
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Space, place, and society.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed.
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N306.08999/2 , 306.0899/2
Record Identifier
74VvGP8BweOl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvGP8BweOl
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ISBN
0815605870 :
9780815605874 (alk. paper)
0815605870 (alk. paper)
9780815605874 :
DDC
306.0899915
MMS ID
991012501399702626
