Further Test-excavations at Nookanellup Rock Shelter, Point D'Entrecasteaux, South-western [sic] Australia


Book Description

Comparison of 1997 and 1996 excavations from Nookanellup Rock Shelter, Point D'Entrecasteaux , WA; (see pms 5664 for original report); aims of second excavation season; excavation methods; stratigraphy and dating; analysis of faunal remains and artefacts; seasonality and local subsistence patterns through time.




Contested Country


Book Description

First chapters explore Aboriginal links to land based mainly on historical sources; Murrum traditions and relationship to land; Murrum use of the karri forests; burning of land; Murrum seasons; contact history in the Northcliffe area.