Native Archaeology & History

ISBN: 9781407309231
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This monograph presents a study of Indigenous economies in traditional Larrakia country, the Darwin coastal region of northern Australia, during the Late Holocene period. Subsistence and settlement patterns of this period are revealed through ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407308333
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
There is evidence to suggest that the South Molle Island stone quarry in the Whitsunday Islands, central Queensland coast, has been used by the indigenous inhabitants of the region from at least 9,000 BP to the present. A comprehensive technolo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841718361
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This monograph represents a new step in Australian archaeology. It presents a detailed quantitative, technological analysis of flaked stone artefacts, of a kind not published previously in Australia. The detailed nature of the analysis reflects th... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841718514
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This monograph takes a new look at various aspects of stone artifact analysis that reveal important and exciting new information about the past, and in particular Australian perspectives on lithics. The ten papers making up this volume tackle ... .... 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: 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: 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: 9780500301142
Published by : Thames and Hudson
Ths concise, pocket guide to the social and cultural history of Aboriginal Australia is now available in English. Tracing the origins of these people through to the present day, the authors explore their social structure, spiritual beliefs, the... .... Learn More