Australia's ancient Aboriginal past : a global perspective

1. Verfasser: Johnson, Murray, 1956- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: North Melbourne, Vic : Australian Scholarly, [2020].
Ausgabe: Revised edition.
Umfang/Format: xvii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 1. Archaeology and the archaeological endeavour
  • 2. Human origins, evolution and global dispersal
  • 3. The Neanderthal anomaly
  • 4. The Hobbit enigma
  • 5. Colonisation of Sahul: the archaeological and skeletal evidence
  • 6. Demise of the megafauna
  • 7. Pleistocene Australia: adaptation and innovation
  • 8. Holocene Australia and regional case studies
  • 9. Tasmania: an isolated trajectory
  • Conclusion.