Australia & the Pacific
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Explorations of Variability in Australian Prehistoric Rock Engravings [Paperback]
Natalie R. Franklin (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 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 -
Out of Antarctica: Reflections on the origins of peoples [Paperback]
Robert Argod (Author)
Regular Price: £25.00
Special Price: £8.00
ISBN: 9781902699455
Published by : Periplus Publishing London Ltd
A fascinating exploration into the mystery of where the Polynesian people came from; starts by delving into Polynesian mythology, and combining it with extensive maritime knowledge. The logical conclusion - Antarctica! Well worth a read. .... Learn More -
Modelling Hunter-Gatherer Settlement Patterns: An Australian Case Study [Paperback]
Michael Pickering (Author)
£37.00ISBN: 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 ... .... Learn More -
Material Culture and Consumer Society: Dependent Colonies in Colonial Australia [Hardback]
Mark Staniforth (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9780306473869
Published by : Plenum Publishing
Throughout history, material goods have been valued for more than their usefulness; they have also been symbols of status and wealth. During the colonial period of Australia, material goods took on an even more important role for the new arriva... .... Learn More -
Regional Variation in the Material Culture of Hunter Gatherers: Social and Ecological Approaches to Ethnographic Objects from Queensland, Australia [Paperback]
Ann Best (Author)
£36.00ISBN: 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 -
After Captain Cook: The Archaeology of the Recent Indigenous Past in Australia [Hardback]
Rodney Harrison (Author)
£61.00ISBN: 9780759106567
Published by : AltaMira Press
The study of indigenous archaeology is still in its infancy in many areas of the world although studies such as this are helping to bring it to the forefront of contemporary research agendas. With many of these twelve essays based on papers and... .... Learn More -
After Captain Cook: The Archaeology of the Recent Indigenous Past in Australia [Paperback]
Rodney Harrison (Author)
£24.95ISBN: 9780759106574
Published by : AltaMira Press
The study of indigenous archaeology is still in its infancy in many areas of the world although studies such as this are helping to bring it to the forefront of contemporary research agendas. With many of these twelve essays based on papers and... .... Learn More -
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Among Stone Giants: The Life of Katherine Routledge and Her Remarkable Expedition to Easter Island [Hardback]
Jo Anne Van Tilburg (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 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 -
Landscapes, Rock-Art and the Dreaming. An Archaeology of Preunderstanding [Hardback]
Bruno David (Author)
£100.00ISBN: 9780718502430
Published by : Continuum International Pub.
The Dreaming of the Australian aborigines is a mode of, what philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer terms, preunderstanding 'a historically particular framework of knowledge that guides interpretation and that shapes cultural experience'. This book lo... .... Learn More