The social archaeology of Australian indigenous societies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Bruno David, Bryce Barker, Ian J. McNiven

• Pubblicazione: Canberra, A.C.T., : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (774 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.89915
• Soggetto topico: Aboriginal Australians - Antiquities; Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs; Aboriginal Australians - History; Social archaeology - Australia
• Soggetto geografico: Australia Social life and customs; Australia History; Australia Antiquities
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: DavidBruno <1962-> BarkerBryce McNivenIan J
• Note generali: "Aboriginal Studies Press is the publishing arm of Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Studies"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-367) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Acknowledgements ; 3. 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 interpretation ; IntroductionThe 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 Strait ; Acknowledgements7. 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 anthropology ; The 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 waterscapes ; Two sacred stories: water forms, ancestral beings and places
• Sommario/riassunto: Revealing 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The social archaeology of Australian indigenous societies
• ISBN: 0-85575-557-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455467003321
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