Archaeology of ancient Australia

1. Verfasser: Hiscock, Peter, 1957-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Umfang/Format: xviii, 338 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Online Zugang: Table of contents only
Inhaltsangabe:
  • The veil of antipodean pre-history
  • The colonization of Australia
  • Early settlement across Australia
  • Extinction of Pleistocene fauna
  • Who were the first Australians?
  • Life in Pleistocene Australia
  • Tasmania isolated
  • Technology in the Holocene
  • Coastal economies in the Holocene
  • Inland economies in the Holocene
  • Arid zone economies in the Holocene
  • Population growth and mobility
  • Social identity and interaction during the Holocene
  • The ethnographic challenge : change in the last millennium.