Coastal Themes: An Archaeology of the Southern Curtis Coast, Queensland Tapa blanda - 2006

Canberra: ANU E Press. 2006. Trade paperback. Fine. No dust jacket as issued.. 314 p. Terra Australis, 24. bibliography, maps, diagrams, illustrations . Coastal archaeology in Australia differs in many respects from that of other areas, with the potential to examine relatively fine-scale variation. Nevertheless, there has been a general tendency in Australian archaeology to play down the variability and to subsume the evidence into broader homogenising models of Aboriginal cultural change. This case study clearly and self-consciously addresses the need to focus on local and regional patterns before moving on to more general levels of explanation. Coastal Themes builds a detailed chronology of Aboriginal occupation for the southern Curtis Coast in Queensland. Innovative analyses refine radiocarbon dates and explore discard behaviours and post-depositional processes affecting the integrity of coastal archaeological sites. The resulting insights highlight major changes in Aboriginal use of this region… Leer más

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.