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Title: Popular Notions of Australian Archaeology.
Author: Hilary du Cros
Publication: Journal of Australian Studies (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1999
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Page: 190

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From DJ flap - Ground stone tools were very important in the technologies of many peoples. In Australia their use by the Aboriginals continued from very ancient times to within living memory. Book follows the record to recent findings about theses, distribution and antiquity of ground stone tools in Australia. It also covers the nature and properties of the materials used in construction and how they affect design features. (Description by http-mart) ... Read more

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This collection of readings presents accounts of the findings which are shaping the teaching and practice of archaeology in Australia today. It’s an ideal resource book for archaeology, anthropology, and Aboriginal studies by a writer on the history and philosophy of archaeology, the archaeology of Aboriginal-European contact in Australia and heritage matters. ... Read more

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This research was aimed at understanding why Australian Aborigines apparently have no interest in the archaeological evidence for their prehistory even when it supports their own mythological origins, or could help to encourage social cohesion. The study including interviews and research into stone tool construction and this fieldwork was used to examine the relationships between archaeology and Aboriginal culture. ... Read more

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This original ethnography brings indigenous people's stories into conversations around troubling questions of social justice and environmental care. Deborah Bird Rose lived for two years with the Yarralin community in the Northern Territory's remote Victoria River Valley. Her engagement with the people's stories and their action in the world leads her to this analysis of a multi-centred poetics of life and land. The book speaks to issues that are of immediate and broad concern today: traditional ecological knowledge, kinship between humans and other living things, colonising history, environmental history, and sacred geography. Now in paperback, this award-winning exploration of the Yarralin people is available to a whole new readership. The boldly direct and personal approach will be illuminating and accessible to general readers, while also of great value to experienced anthropologists. ... Read more

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