Native Archaeology & History
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The Illusion of Riches [Paperback]
Richard Cosgrove (Author)
£36.00ISBN: 9780860547877
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Subtitled `Scale, resolution and explanation in Tasmanian Pleistocene human behaviour'. This monograph examines prior notions of the uniform behaviour of late Pleistocene humans nad concludes that the archaeological data from Southwest Tasmania... .... Learn More -
Islands in the Interior [Hardback]
Pater Marius Veth (Author)
Regular Price: £22.50
Special Price: £8.95
ISBN: 9781879621077
Published by : International Monographs in Prehistory
Subtitled `The dynamics of prehistoric adaptations within the arid zone of Australia' this book reports on the author's research within the semitropical desertlands at the interphase of the Little and Great Sandy Deserts of north-western Austra... .... Learn More -
Islands in the Interior [Paperback]
Pater Marius Veth (Author)
Regular Price: £14.50
Special Price: £4.95
ISBN: 9781879621060
Published by : International Monographs in Prehistory
Subtitled `The dynamics of prehistoric adaptations within the arid zone of Australia' this book reports on the author's research within the semitropical desertlands at the interphase of the Little and Great Sandy Deserts of north-western Austra... .... Learn More -
Formal Variation in Australian Spear and Spearthrower Technology [Paperback]
B. J. Cundy (Author)
£13.00ISBN: 9780860546931
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: th-odd
Described as an attempt to increase understanding of one of Man's simplest and possibly oldest technologies, this book brings an engineering perspective to formal variability in these weapons. What is gained on the Aborigine's swing by hunting ... .... Learn More -
Australia in Oxford [Paperback]
Howard Morphy (Author)
Regular Price: £10.00
Special Price: £2.95
ISBN: 9780902793224
Published by : Pitt Rivers Museum
The museums, libraries and colleges of Oxford contain some of the greatest collections of records and objects from Australia's recent past. This richly illustrated guide looks at how Oxford perceived Australia as the city's collections grew dur... .... Learn More -
Archaeological Settlement Patterns and Mobility Strategies: Lower Adelaide River, Northern Australia [Paperback]
Sally Brockwell (Author)
£38.00ISBN: 9781407304618
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAr
The aim of this thesis is to determine the nature of pre-contact settlement patterns and subsistence strategies on the lower Adelaide River against the backdrop of the dramatic environmental change that took place on the coastal plains of Aust... .... Learn More -
Archaeology of Dreamtime [Paperback]
Josephine Flood (Author)
£17.50ISBN: 9780207184482
Published by : Dr Josephine Flood
First published in 1983, revised in 1989 and again in 1995, this 1996 reprint provides an up-to-date fascinating account of the archaeology prehistoric Australia and the indigenous population. Flood concentrates on aboriginal adaptation to, an... .... Learn More -
Measured on Stone: Stone Artefact Reduction, Residential Mobility, and Aboriginal Land Use in Arid Central Australia [Paperback]
Wallace Boone Law (Author)
£37.00ISBN: 9781407304458
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This monograph explores the many ways in which stone artefact reduction can be measured and used to discern prehistoric changes in artefact technology and land use from two sites in arid Australia. Several empirical techniques are used to inves... .... Learn More -
The Archaeology of Montebello Island, North-West Australia: Late Quaternary Foragers on an arid coastline [Paperback]
Pater Marius Veth (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781407301037
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This paper reports on archaeological analysis carried out on assemblages recovered from two stratified cave sites on Campbell Island in the Montebello group in northwest Australia. These sites provide unique insights into human responses to the... .... Learn More -
Another Tasmanian Paradox: Clothing and Thermal Adaptations in Aboriginal Australia [Paperback]
Ian Gilligan (Author)
£26.00ISBN: 9781407301549
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This work explores the nature and extent of the use of clothing in the pre-colonial Australian Aboriginal population. Anthropological reviews have indicated that while a total absence of clothing was the usually the case, garments were sometime... .... Learn More