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The archaeology of Australia's deserts / / Mike Smith, National Museum of Australia [[electronic resource]]
| The archaeology of Australia's deserts / / Mike Smith, National Museum of Australia [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Smith Mike <1955-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 406 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 994.01 |
| Collana | Cambridge world archaeology |
| Soggetto topico |
Deserts - Australia
Environmental archaeology - Australia Archaeology - Australia Human ecology - Australia |
| ISBN |
1-107-30102-5
1-107-23302-X 1-107-31385-6 1-107-30830-5 1-107-30538-1 1-107-30610-8 1-139-02301-2 1-107-31165-9 1-299-00889-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on Calibration of Radiocarbon Dates; Chapter 1 The Archaeology of Deserts: Australia in Context; Positioning This Research; Australia's Deserts; The Ecological Background; The Deserts People; Human Ecology; The Archaeology of Deserts; The Politics of Practice; Chapter 2 Deserts Past: A History of Ideas; The Dead Heart of Australia; Desert Societies; Ancient Petroglyphs; The `Great Australian Arid Period'; Shifts in Climatic Belts; Culture Histories; Physical Anthropology; Stone Tools; Historical Linguistics
The Australian Desert CultureLake Mungo and the Willandra Lakes; Initial Colonisation of the Desert; Beyond the Willandra; Desert Refugia; Islands in the Interior; `The Australian Aboriginal as an Ecological Agent'; A Land Transformed?; Landesque Capital; Social Intensification; Writing the History of the Desert; Chapter 3 The Empty Desert: Inland Environments Prior to People; The `Desert Transformation' Concept; Age and Origin of Australias Deserts; The Last Interglacial in Australian Deserts; Quaternary Context; Lakes and Saltlakes; Lake Eyre: `A Continental Rain Gauge'; Other Inland Lakes The Arid RiversDesert Dunes and Dust; Inland Vegetation during the Last Interglacial; Last of the Dryland Megafauna; The Katapiri Fauna; Lake Callabonna; Population Ecology; Collapse of the Katapiri Fauna; Genyornis; Overview: The Desert Prior to People; Interglacial Landscapes; The Landscapes of Colonisation; Chapter 4 Foundations: Moving into the Deserts; The Continental Setting; A Modicum of Ideas; Invasion Biology; Geographic Background to Colonisation of the Desert; Routes; Early Sites: Chronology and Distribution; Northern Desert Fringe; The Willandra Lakes and Lower Darling River Cuddie SpringsThe Arid West Coast; Pilbara; Nullarbor Plain; Central Australia; Western Desert; Desert People; WLH1 (Mungo 1); WLH3 (Mungo 3); Assemblages and Site Inventories; Subsistence and Economy; Ecological Impacts; Discussion: Moving into the Deserts; A Global Perspective; Dispersal and Colonisation; Desert Societies 45-30 Ka; Chapter 5 Islands in the Interior: Last Glacial Aridity and Its Aftermath; Ideas about Refugia: Archaeological Frameworks; The Contraction of Settlement; Life in Glacial Refugia; Reoccupation of Desert Lowlands; Where Are the Refugia? Biogeographic Perspectives Inland Environments during the Last Glacial MaximumThe Impact on Australian Drylands; Implications for Human Ecology in the Interior; The Archaeological Record 30-12 Ka; Interpreting Site Histories and Stratigraphy; The Desert Uplands; Central Australia; The Inland Pilbara; Other Desert Uplands; The Arid Core; The Lake Eyre Basin; The Problem of the Sandy Deserts; The Shifting Margins; The Carpentarian Gorge Systems; The Arid West Coast; The Nullarbor; The Darling River and Willandra Lakes; Discussion: The Last Glacial Maximum Revisited Chapter 6 The `Desert Culture' Revisited: Assembling a Cultural System |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453160203321 |
Smith Mike <1955->
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The archaeology of Australia's deserts / / Mike Smith, National Museum of Australia [[electronic resource]]
| The archaeology of Australia's deserts / / Mike Smith, National Museum of Australia [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Smith Mike <1955-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 406 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 994.01 |
| Collana | Cambridge world archaeology |
| Soggetto topico |
Deserts - Australia
Environmental archaeology - Australia Archaeology - Australia Human ecology - Australia |
| ISBN |
1-107-30102-5
1-107-23302-X 1-107-31385-6 1-107-30830-5 1-107-30538-1 1-107-30610-8 1-139-02301-2 1-107-31165-9 1-299-00889-5 |
| Classificazione | SOC003000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on Calibration of Radiocarbon Dates; Chapter 1 The Archaeology of Deserts: Australia in Context; Positioning This Research; Australia's Deserts; The Ecological Background; The Deserts People; Human Ecology; The Archaeology of Deserts; The Politics of Practice; Chapter 2 Deserts Past: A History of Ideas; The Dead Heart of Australia; Desert Societies; Ancient Petroglyphs; The `Great Australian Arid Period'; Shifts in Climatic Belts; Culture Histories; Physical Anthropology; Stone Tools; Historical Linguistics
The Australian Desert CultureLake Mungo and the Willandra Lakes; Initial Colonisation of the Desert; Beyond the Willandra; Desert Refugia; Islands in the Interior; `The Australian Aboriginal as an Ecological Agent'; A Land Transformed?; Landesque Capital; Social Intensification; Writing the History of the Desert; Chapter 3 The Empty Desert: Inland Environments Prior to People; The `Desert Transformation' Concept; Age and Origin of Australias Deserts; The Last Interglacial in Australian Deserts; Quaternary Context; Lakes and Saltlakes; Lake Eyre: `A Continental Rain Gauge'; Other Inland Lakes The Arid RiversDesert Dunes and Dust; Inland Vegetation during the Last Interglacial; Last of the Dryland Megafauna; The Katapiri Fauna; Lake Callabonna; Population Ecology; Collapse of the Katapiri Fauna; Genyornis; Overview: The Desert Prior to People; Interglacial Landscapes; The Landscapes of Colonisation; Chapter 4 Foundations: Moving into the Deserts; The Continental Setting; A Modicum of Ideas; Invasion Biology; Geographic Background to Colonisation of the Desert; Routes; Early Sites: Chronology and Distribution; Northern Desert Fringe; The Willandra Lakes and Lower Darling River Cuddie SpringsThe Arid West Coast; Pilbara; Nullarbor Plain; Central Australia; Western Desert; Desert People; WLH1 (Mungo 1); WLH3 (Mungo 3); Assemblages and Site Inventories; Subsistence and Economy; Ecological Impacts; Discussion: Moving into the Deserts; A Global Perspective; Dispersal and Colonisation; Desert Societies 45-30 Ka; Chapter 5 Islands in the Interior: Last Glacial Aridity and Its Aftermath; Ideas about Refugia: Archaeological Frameworks; The Contraction of Settlement; Life in Glacial Refugia; Reoccupation of Desert Lowlands; Where Are the Refugia? Biogeographic Perspectives Inland Environments during the Last Glacial MaximumThe Impact on Australian Drylands; Implications for Human Ecology in the Interior; The Archaeological Record 30-12 Ka; Interpreting Site Histories and Stratigraphy; The Desert Uplands; Central Australia; The Inland Pilbara; Other Desert Uplands; The Arid Core; The Lake Eyre Basin; The Problem of the Sandy Deserts; The Shifting Margins; The Carpentarian Gorge Systems; The Arid West Coast; The Nullarbor; The Darling River and Willandra Lakes; Discussion: The Last Glacial Maximum Revisited Chapter 6 The `Desert Culture' Revisited: Assembling a Cultural System |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779464003321 |
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Smith Mike <1955->
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
The archaeology of Australia's deserts / / Mike Smith, National Museum of Australia [[electronic resource]]
| The archaeology of Australia's deserts / / Mike Smith, National Museum of Australia [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Smith Mike <1955-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 406 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 994.01 |
| Collana | Cambridge world archaeology |
| Soggetto topico |
Deserts - Australia
Environmental archaeology - Australia Archaeology - Australia Human ecology - Australia |
| ISBN |
1-107-30102-5
1-107-23302-X 1-107-31385-6 1-107-30830-5 1-107-30538-1 1-107-30610-8 1-139-02301-2 1-107-31165-9 1-299-00889-5 |
| Classificazione | SOC003000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on Calibration of Radiocarbon Dates; Chapter 1 The Archaeology of Deserts: Australia in Context; Positioning This Research; Australia's Deserts; The Ecological Background; The Deserts People; Human Ecology; The Archaeology of Deserts; The Politics of Practice; Chapter 2 Deserts Past: A History of Ideas; The Dead Heart of Australia; Desert Societies; Ancient Petroglyphs; The `Great Australian Arid Period'; Shifts in Climatic Belts; Culture Histories; Physical Anthropology; Stone Tools; Historical Linguistics
The Australian Desert CultureLake Mungo and the Willandra Lakes; Initial Colonisation of the Desert; Beyond the Willandra; Desert Refugia; Islands in the Interior; `The Australian Aboriginal as an Ecological Agent'; A Land Transformed?; Landesque Capital; Social Intensification; Writing the History of the Desert; Chapter 3 The Empty Desert: Inland Environments Prior to People; The `Desert Transformation' Concept; Age and Origin of Australias Deserts; The Last Interglacial in Australian Deserts; Quaternary Context; Lakes and Saltlakes; Lake Eyre: `A Continental Rain Gauge'; Other Inland Lakes The Arid RiversDesert Dunes and Dust; Inland Vegetation during the Last Interglacial; Last of the Dryland Megafauna; The Katapiri Fauna; Lake Callabonna; Population Ecology; Collapse of the Katapiri Fauna; Genyornis; Overview: The Desert Prior to People; Interglacial Landscapes; The Landscapes of Colonisation; Chapter 4 Foundations: Moving into the Deserts; The Continental Setting; A Modicum of Ideas; Invasion Biology; Geographic Background to Colonisation of the Desert; Routes; Early Sites: Chronology and Distribution; Northern Desert Fringe; The Willandra Lakes and Lower Darling River Cuddie SpringsThe Arid West Coast; Pilbara; Nullarbor Plain; Central Australia; Western Desert; Desert People; WLH1 (Mungo 1); WLH3 (Mungo 3); Assemblages and Site Inventories; Subsistence and Economy; Ecological Impacts; Discussion: Moving into the Deserts; A Global Perspective; Dispersal and Colonisation; Desert Societies 45-30 Ka; Chapter 5 Islands in the Interior: Last Glacial Aridity and Its Aftermath; Ideas about Refugia: Archaeological Frameworks; The Contraction of Settlement; Life in Glacial Refugia; Reoccupation of Desert Lowlands; Where Are the Refugia? Biogeographic Perspectives Inland Environments during the Last Glacial MaximumThe Impact on Australian Drylands; Implications for Human Ecology in the Interior; The Archaeological Record 30-12 Ka; Interpreting Site Histories and Stratigraphy; The Desert Uplands; Central Australia; The Inland Pilbara; Other Desert Uplands; The Arid Core; The Lake Eyre Basin; The Problem of the Sandy Deserts; The Shifting Margins; The Carpentarian Gorge Systems; The Arid West Coast; The Nullarbor; The Darling River and Willandra Lakes; Discussion: The Last Glacial Maximum Revisited Chapter 6 The `Desert Culture' Revisited: Assembling a Cultural System |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820672703321 |
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Smith Mike <1955->
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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