Australia & the Pacific

ISBN: 9781920691233
Published by : ATF Press
Series: ATF Series
Volume: 12
This book, written by a group of New Zealand scholars, theologians, historians and lawyers, examines the question of New Zealand's Western culture and Christianity. The contributors explore recent debates over secularisation, exploring its merits ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783980982306
Easter Island has been well studied by members of various disciplines, but little work has been carried out on the geo-ecology of the island. This small format book goes some way to reconstructing the environment of the island in prehistoric a... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841716381
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This detailed study, based on the analyis of environmental data, cave occupation deposits and stone tools, examines the ways in which hunter-gatherers reacted to environmental change in the forests of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Region in south-wester... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714150246
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
In 1868, Hoa Hakananai'a was 'discovered' on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Polynesia. Shipped to England on board HMS Topaze, it was presented by Queen Victoria to the British Museum. One of only 10 statues known to have been carved in basalt, it f... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841713878
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Acknowledging problems inherent in dating Australian rock art, Natalie Franklin approaches a group of engravings known as the `Panaramitee style' in terms of its spatial variation. By assessing the diversity and distribution of this style both ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781902699455
Published by : Periplus Publishing London Ltd
Grand theories sometimes arise from simple questions or the elementary observations of natural phenomena. History is filled with examples: no least that, from the examination of a falling body, universal rules were established to explain the me... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841714813
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Until now there has been no detailed study of the settlement and subsistence patterns of the Gawara Aboriginal people of Northern Australia. Rather than being a traditional ethnographic study that presents the results of artefact distributions or ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841715193
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR Archaeopress
Volume: 1149
The region of Queensland is divided into six areas through drainage divisions, something which Anne Best shows to correlate with stylistic differences in objects used by modern hunter-gatherers. This largely unrevised thesis studies six catego... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780743244800
Published by : Jo Anne van Tilburg
Katherine Routledge is a central figure in the history of Easter Island, one of the world's most remote and mysterious locales. Born to a wealthy and prestigious English Quaker family in 1866, Katherine rebelled against Victorian values, becom... .... Learn More