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The social archaeology of Australian indigenous societies
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- ISBN: 97808557549910
- ISBN: 0855754990
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Physical Description:
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xiv, 382 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Canberra, A.C.T. : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2006.
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| General Note: | "Aboriginal Studies Press is the publishing arm of Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Studies"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-367) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. The social archaeology of indigenous Australia / Ian J. McNiven, Bruno David and Bryce Barker -- 2. An interview with Harry Lourandos / Harry Lourandos, Bruno David, Bryce Barker and Ian J. McNiven -- 3. Harry Lourandos' life and work : an Australian archaeological odyssey / Sandra Bowdler -- 4. Unpacking Australian history / Bruno David and Tim Denham -- 5. Hierarchies of knowledge and the tyranny of text : archaeology, ethnohistory and oral traditions in Australian archaeological interpretation / Bryce Barker -- 6. Colonial diffusionism an the archaeology of external influences on aboriginal culture / Ian J. McNiven -- 7. Harry Lourandos, the 'great intensification debate', and the representation of indigenous pasts / Deborah Brian -- 8. Footprints of the ancestors : the convergence of anthropological and archaeological perspectives in contemporary aboriginal heritage studies / Luke Godwin and James F. Weiner -- 9. Earth, wind, fire, water : the social and spiritual construction of water in aboriginal societies / Marcia Langton -- 10. The social, economic and historical construction of cycad palms among the Yanyuwa / John J. Bradley -- 11. Landscapes with shadows of once living people : the Kundawira challenge / Amanda Kearney and John J. Bradley -- 12. Towards an experiential archaeology of place : from location to situation through the body / Franca Tamisari and James Wallace -- 13. Hunter-gatherer social complexity at Roonka, South Australia / F. Donald Pate -- 14. Social dynamism in the archaeology of the western desert / Peter Veth -- 15. Environmental change and variability in south-western Victoria : changing constraints and opportunities for occupation and land use / John Tibby, A. Peter Kershaw, Heather Builth, Aline Philibert and Christopher White -- 16. Landscapes in western Torres Strait history / Cassandra Rowe -- 17. North of the Cape and south of the Fly : discovering the archaeology of social complexity in Torres Strait / Melissa Carter -- 18. Destablising how we view the past : Harry Lourandos and the archaeology of Bodmin Moor, south-west England / Barbara Bender. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Vancouver Campus | GN666 .S594 2006 (Text) | 224262 | Regular Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
