05879nam 2200745 a 450 991045546700332120200520144314.00-85575-557-1(CKB)2470000000002687(EBL)839342(OCoLC)671648391(SSID)ssj0000355054(PQKBManifestationID)11233492(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000355054(PQKBWorkID)10319057(PQKB)11621410(MiAaPQ)EBC839342(MiAaPQ)EBC583527(Au-PeEL)EBL839342(CaPaEBR)ebr10424578(EXLCZ)99247000000000268720060428d2006 ua 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe social archaeology of Australian indigenous societies[electronic resource] /edited by Bruno David, Bryce Barker, Ian J. McNivenCanberra, A.C.T. Aboriginal Studies Press20061 online resource (774 p.)"Aboriginal Studies Press is the publishing arm of Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Studies"--T.p. verso.1-306-03107-9 0-85575-499-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-367) and index.Contents; Figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Part 1 The emergence of social archaeology in Australia; 1. The social archaeology of Indigenous Australia; December 1978; Towards a social archaeology; A different social archaeology for Indigenous societies?; Beyond ecology: socialising Indigenous pasts; The Aboriginal past as socially dynamic; Aboriginal environments as socially constructed; Aboriginal landscapes as socially inscribed; Aboriginal history as social agency; 2. An interview with Harry Lourandos; Acknowledgements3. Harry Lourandos' life and work: an Australian archaeological odysseyAcknowledgements; Part 2 Tyranny of text; 4. Unpacking Australian prehistory; Unpacking our library, unpacking our thinking; Approaching the past: a concern with prejudice; Prehistory; Symbolic ways of Being: hunting and gathering versus agriculture; Materiality of subsistence practices; Definitions; Symbolic meanings; Continuing Lourandos' project; Acknowledgements; Note; 5. Hierarchies of knowledge and the tyranny of text: archaeology, ethnohistory and oral traditions in Australian archaeological interpretationIntroductionThe construction of scientific evidence; Historicising the Whitsunday's past; The historical record; Norman B Tindale; Walter E Roth; The archaeological record; Discussion; An integrative model?; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; 6. Colonial diffusionism and the archaeology of external influences on Aboriginal culture; Introduction; Changing relevancy of an 'unresolved debate'; Colonial diffusionism; External influences and small tools; External influences, small tools and the dingo; External influences and intensification; External influences, the dingo and Torres StraitAcknowledgements7. Harry Lourandos, the 'Great Intensification Debate', and the representation of Indigenous pasts; 'Intensification' revisited; Will the 'real' intensification please step forward?; The 'Great Intensification Debate'; Outcomes; Reactions; Revisions; Discussion: the politics and poetics of an archaeological debate; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Part 3 Anthropological approaches; 8. Footprints of the ancestors: the convergence of anthropological and archaeological perspectives in contemporary Aboriginal heritage studies; Introduction: archaeology contra anthropologyThe material dimension of Aboriginal social lifeCultural continuity; Interpreting actions on Country; Aboriginal interpretations of artefactual remains; Birthplace; Burial sites; Footprints; Massacre sites; Case 1: Waanyi and Gangalidda, Gulf of Carpentaria; Case 2: Ghungalu and Kangoulu, central Queensland; Discussion; Acknowledgements; Notes; 9. Earth, wind, fire and water: the social and spiritual construction of water in Aboriginal societies; Introduction; Water; The people and environments of Princess Charlotte Bay; Aboriginal ontologies of waterscapesTwo sacred stories: water forms, ancestral beings and placesRevealing the ancient past of Aboriginal Australians to be one of longterm changes in social relationships and traditions?as well as in the active management and manipulation of the environment?this account encourages a deeper appreciation of the ways Aboriginal peoples have engaged with and constructed their worlds. The study also solicits a deeper understanding of the contemporary political and social context of research and the insidious impacts of colonialist philosophies.Aboriginal AustraliansAntiquitiesAboriginal AustraliansSocial life and customsAboriginal AustraliansHistorySocial archaeologyAustraliaAustraliaSocial life and customsAustraliaHistoryAustraliaAntiquitiesElectronic books.Aboriginal AustraliansAntiquities.Aboriginal AustraliansSocial life and customs.Aboriginal AustraliansHistory.Social archaeology305.89915David Bruno1962-801696Barker Bryce943306McNiven Ian J943307Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455467003321The social archaeology of Australian indigenous societies2128904UNINA