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Continent of hunter-gatherers : new perspectives in Australian prehistory

By Harry Lourandos

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Publisher
Cambridge Univ. Press
Year
1997
ISBN
9780521351065, 0521351065, 9780521359467, 0521359465
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (14048618 bytes)
Pages
\411
Time added
2021-12-10 03:45:12

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Cover & Front Matter Frontpiece Copyright Dedication Contents Figures Tables Preface Introduction: Changing Perspectives 1. Hunter-Gatherer Variation in Time & Space The question of complexity Long- and short-term trends Theoretical approaches Investigating socio-cultural variation Overview 2. Australian Aboriginal Hunter-Gatherers Changing perspectives Population size and density Territory Exchange and trade AUSTRALIAN & TASMANIAN ETHNOGRAPHIC CASE STUDIES The tropical north The arid zone The semi-arid zone Su b-tropical Australia Temperate southern Australia Temperate island Tasmania Hunters and horticulturalists Overview 3. Out of Asia: Earliest Evidence & People Earliest sites Earliest claims People Environmental impact 4. The Tropical North PLEISTOCENE SETTLEMENT Palaeoenvironment Late Pleistocene: c. 40,000-1 5,000 BP Terminal Pleistocene: c. 1 5,000-1 0,000 BP Pleistocene rock art Overview: Pleistocene settlement HOLOCENE SETTLEMENT Palaeoenvironment Art and social networks of northern Australia HOLOCENE SETTLEMENT Palaeoenvironment 5. Arid & Semi-Arid Australia PLEISTOCENE SETTLEMENT Palaeoenvi ronment The arid zone Overview: Pleistocene arid Australia The semi-arid zone HOLOCENE SETTLEMENT Palaeoenvironment The arid zone Overview: Holocene arid Australia HOLOCENE SETTLEMENT Palaeoenvironment Southeastern Australia Southwestern Australia Overview: Holocene settlement 6. Temperate Southern Australia PLElSTOCENE SETILEMENT Palaeoenvironment Pleistocene sites: c. 30,000-20,000 BP Pleistocene sites: c. 20,000-1 0,000 BP Overview: Pleistocene settlement HOLOCENE SETILEMENT Palaeoenvironment Southeastern Australia Southwestern Austra lia Overview: Holocene settlement 7. Tasmaina PLEISTOCENE SETILE MENT Palaeoenvironment Overview: Pleistocene settlement THE HOLOCENE: ISOLATION AND TRANSFORMATION Palaeoenvironment Overview: Holocene settlement 8. Artifcats & Assemblanges Continent-Wide The Australian Core Tool and Scraper tradition The Austra lian Small Tool trad ition The introduction of the di ngo 9. Interpretations Pleistocene patterns Holocene patterns An evaluation of results Chronological trends and patterns Models Two new alternative models Change or stability? 10. Concluding Perspectives Ethnography and eth nohistory Archaeology Three models Greater Australia and world prehistory Back Matter GLOSSARY NOTES ON DATING METHODS REFERENCES INDEX OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES

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