Archaeology of the Dreamtime
Author : Josephine Flood
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,38 MB
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Josephine Flood
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,38 MB
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : J. P. Mallory
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 15,43 MB
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0500773351
Ireland's oldest traditions excavated via archaeological, genetic, and linguistic research, culminating in atruly groundbreaking publication Following his account of Irish origins drawing on archaeology, genetics, and linguistics, J. P. Mallory returns to the subject to investigate what he calls the Irish Dreamtime: the native Irish retelling of their own origins, as related by medieval manuscripts. He explores the historical backbone of this version of the earliest history of Ireland, which places apparently mythological events on a concrete timeline of invasions, colonization, and royal reigns that extends even further back in time than the history of classical Greece. The juxtaposition of traditional Dreamtime tales and scientific facts expands on what we already know about the way of life in Iron Age Ireland. By comparing the world depicted in the earliest Irish literary tradition with the archaeological evidence available on the ground, Mallory explores Ireland’s rich mythological tradition and tests its claims to represent reality.
Author : Billy Griffiths
Publisher : Black Inc.
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 36,87 MB
Release : 2018-02-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1743820380
People would have known about Australia before they saw it. Smoke billowing above the sea spoke of a land that lay beyond the horizon. A dense cloud of migrating birds may have pointed the way. But the first Australians were voyaging into the unknown. Soon after Billy Griffiths joins his first archaeological dig as camp manager and cook, he is hooked. Equipped with a historian’s inquiring mind, he embarks on a journey through time, seeking to understand the extraordinary deep history of the Australian continent. Deep Time Dreaming is the passionate product of that journey. It investigates a twin revolution: the reassertion of Aboriginal identity in the second half of the twentieth century, and the uncovering of the traces of ancient Australia. It explores what it means to live in a place of great antiquity, with its complex questions of ownership and belonging. It is about a slow shift in national consciousness: the deep time dreaming that has changed the way many of us relate to this continent and its enduring, dynamic human history. John Mulvaney Book Award: Winner Ernest Scott Prize: Winner NSW Premier's Literary Awards: Winner - Book of the Year NSW Premier's Literary Awards: Winner - Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards: Highly Commended Queensland Literary Awards: Shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards: Shortlisted Educational Publishing Awards: Shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards: Longlisted CHASS Book Prize: Longlisted ‘What a revelatory work! If you wish to hear the voice of our continent's history before the written word, Deep Time Dreaming is a must read. The freshest, most important book about our past in years.’ —Tim Flannery ‘Once every generation a book comes along that marks the emergence of a powerful new literary voice and shifts our understanding of the nation’s past. Billy Griffiths’ Deep Time Dreaming is one such book. Deeply researched, creatively conceived and beautifully written, it charts the expansion of archaeological knowledge in Australia for the first time. No other book has managed to convey the mystery and intricacy of Indigenous antiquity in quite the same way. Read it: it will change the way you see Australian history.’ —Mark McKenna, historian ‘Billy Griffiths’ Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia is a remarkable book, and one destined, I believe, to become a modern classic of Australian history writing. Written in vivid, evocative prose, this book will grip both the expert and the general reader alike.’ —Iain McCalman, author of The Reef: A Passionate History: The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change
Author : Jo McDonald
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 25,78 MB
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1921536179
DREAMTIME SUPERHIGHWAY presents a thorough and original contextualization of the rock art and archaeology of the Sydney Basin. By combining excavation results with rock art analysis it demonstrates that a true archaeology of rock art can provide insights into rock art image-making in people's social and cultural lives. Based on a PhD dissertation, this monograph is a significantly revised and updated study which draws forcefully on rich and new data from extensive recent research - much of it by McDonald herself. McDonald has developed a model that suggests that visual culture - such as rock artmaking and its images and forms - could be understood as a system of communication, as a way of signaling group identifying behaviour. For the archaeologist of art, the anthropologist of art and those of us who try to think about past worlds... this monograph is a must read.
Author : Josephine Flood
Publisher :
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 10,52 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Aboriginal Australians
ISBN :
Author : Josephine Flood
Publisher : Harpercollins Australia
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,28 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780207189081
This study takes readers on a journey through prehistory, from enigmatic finger markings and handstencils, found in the limestone caverns to life-size paintings of Ancestral Beings in the tropical north. It gives an overview of recent research, dating techniques and discoveries.
Author : Peter Hiscock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 15,16 MB
Release : 2007-12-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1134304390
This book is an introduction to the archaeology of Australia from prehistoric times to the eighteenth century AD. It is the only up-to-date textbook on the subject and is designed for undergraduate courses, based on the author's considerable experience of teaching at the Australian National University. Lucidly written, it shows the diversity and colourfulness of the history of humanity in the southern continent. The Archaeology of Ancient Australia demonstrates with an array of illustrations and clear descriptions of key archaeological evidence from Australia a thorough evaluation of Australian prehistory. Readers are shown how this human past can be reconstructed from archaeological evidence, supplemented by information from genetics, environmental sciences, anthropology, and history. The result is a challenging view about how varied human life in the ancient past has been.
Author : M. J. Morwood
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 24,6 MB
Release : 2002-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781741150049
Visions from the Past is a clear and comprehensive examination of Aboriginal rock art. It also provides a practical overview of precisely how and why archaeologist study prehistoric art.
Author : Josephine Flood
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 45,8 MB
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1741159628
Charts Aboriginal history, from earliest prehistory to today, and details their survival through the millennia, to the stolen children issue.
Author : Peter Hiscock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 14,87 MB
Release : 2007-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1134304404
Peter Hiscock presents an introduction to the archaeology of Australia from prehistoric times to the 18th century AD.