The social archaeology of Australian indigenous societies
- Title
- The social archaeology of Australian indigenous societies / edited by Bruno David, Bryce Barker, Ian J. McNiven.
- Published by
- Canberra, A.C.T. : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2006.
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- Description
- xiv, 382 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- Reveals the ancient past of Aboriginal Australians to be one of long term changes in social relationships and traditions, as well as the active management and manipulation of the environment.
- Subject
- Aboriginal Australians > Antiquities
- Aboriginal Australians > Social life and customs
- Aboriginal Australians > History
- Social archaeology > Australia
- Yanyuwa > Yanuwa people (N153) (NT SE53-04)
- Archaeology
- Archaeology > Theory and criticism
- Anthropology
- Material culture
- Social organisation
- Plants > Cycads
- Technology > Stone
- Archaeology > Intensification
- Aboriginal Australians
- Aboriginal Australians > Antiquities
- Aboriginal Australians > Social life and customs
- Antiquities
- Manners and customs
- Social archaeology
- Sozialarchäologie
- Brauch
- Aborigines
- Archeologie
- Antropologische aspecten
- Iwi taketake
- Australia > Social life and customs
- Australia > History
- Australia > Antiquities
- Roonka (SE SA SI54-10)
- Lake Surprise (SW Vic SJ54-07)
- Western Desert (WA SF51, SF52, SG51, SG52)
- Torres Strait Islands (Qld TSI SC54, SC55-05)
- Badu > Mulgrave Island (Qld TSI SC54-11)
- Australia
- Genre/Form
- History
- Contents
- The social archaeology of indigenous Australia / Ian J. McNiven, Bruno David and Bryce Barker -- An interview with Harry Lourandos / Bruno David, Bryce Barker and Ian J. McNiven -- Harry Lourandos' life and work : an Australian archaeological odyssey / Sandra Bowdler -- Unpacking Australian prehistory / Bruno David and Tim Denham -- Hierarchies of knowledge and the tyranny of text : archaeology, ethnohistory and oral traditions in Australian archaeological interpretation / Bryce Barker -- Colonial diffusionism and the archaeology of external influences on Aboriginal culture / Ian J. McNiven -- Harry Lourandos, the 'great intensification debate, ' and the representation of indigenous pasts / Deborah Brian -- Footprints of the ancestors : the convergence of anthropological and archaeological perspectives in contemporary Aboriginal heritage studies / Luke Godwin and James F. Weiner -- Earth, wind, fire, water : the social and spiritual construction of water in Aboriginal societies / Marcia Langton -- The social, economic and historical construction of cycad palms among the Yanyuwa / John J. Bradley -- Landscapes with shadows of once living people : the kundawira challenge / Amanda Kearney and John J. Bradley -- Towards an experiential archaeology of place : from location to situation through the body / Franca Tamisari and James Wallace -- Hunter-gatherer social complexity at Roonka, South Australia / F. Donald Pate -- Social dynamism in the archaeology of the Western Desert / Peter Veth -- Environmental change and variability in south-western Victoria : changing constraints and opportunities for occupation and land use / John Tibby [and others] -- Landscapes in western Torres Strait history / Cassandra Rowe -- North of the Cape and south of the Fly: discovering the archaeology of social complexity in Torres Strait / Melissa Carter -- Destabilising how we view the past : Harry Lourandos and the archaeology of Bodmin Moor, south-west England / Barbara Bender.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Note
- "Aboriginal Studies Press is the publishing arm of Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Studies"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-367) and index.