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Autore |
Mulvaney Derek John |
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Titolo |
Digging up a past [[electronic resource] /] / John Mulvaney |
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Sydney, : UNSW Press, 2011 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (362 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Archaeologists - Australia |
Historians - Australia |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-338) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- ONE A country youth -- TWO RAAF service -- THREE History recollected,1946-51 -- FOUR An archaeologist abroad, 1951-53 -- FIVE Dawn of Australian archaeology,1954-64 -- SIX Adventures in archaeology, 1965-69 -- SEVEN Globetrotting -- EIGHT 1971-76 inretrospect -- NINE Museums and heritage -- TEN An English interlude, 1976-77 -- ELEVEN A surfeit of committees -- TWELVE A Harvard year,1984-85 -- THIRTEEN A rewarding retirement, 1986-89 -- FOURTEEN The Australian Academy of the Humanities -- FIFTEEN Conferences and travel -- SIXTEEN Confrontations -- SEVENTEEN Years with Jean,1995-2004 -- EIGHTEEN Coda -archaeological retrospect -- Bibliography. |
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Known as an historian, archaeologist, conservationist, leading public intellectual and, most famously, the 'Father of Australian archaeology', John Mulvaney is renowned for uncovering the depth of Australian human prehistory, dating the antiquity of Aboriginal occupation to previously unthought-of tens of thousands of years. This insightful and illuminating memoir traces Mulvaney's life from childhood in rural Victoria and his academic training, to his revelatory excavations in central and northern Queensland and his securing of Australia's first World Heritage listings, all the while providing personal details of his struggles to have his work recognised, and stories of the inspirational people he met. |
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