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Alligator Rivers, The: Prehistory and Ecology in Western Arnhem Land

Schrire, Carmel
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Aboriginal Studies. Indigenous. Terra Australis ; 7. Analysis of data excavations at Paribari (formerly Padypadiy), Malangangerr, Nawamoya, Jimeri (formerly Tyimede), with C-14 dates and comparison with Ngarradj, contact history and ethnography; conclusions include revised cultural synthesis for region; Analysis of human bone, by A.G. Thorne, has been annotated separately. xxix, 277 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm. #0521

Prehistoric antiquities. Archaeological investigation. Northern Territory. Alligator Rivers region  |  Excavations (Archaeology) — Northern Territory — Alligator Rivers Region.  |  Man, Prehistoric — Northern Territory — Alligator Rivers Region.  |  Paleoecology — Northern Territory — Alligator Rivers Region.  |  Gathering.  |  Settlement and contacts – Explorers – European.  |  Hunting.  |  Technology – Shell implements / tools.  |  Settlement and contacts – Explorers.  |  Weapons – Spearthrowers.  |  Art – Rock art – Painting.  |  Sites – Quarries – Ochre and pigment.  |  Technology – Stone – Ground.  |  Settlement and contacts.  |  Sites – Excavations.  |  Technology – Bone.  |  Trade and exchange.  |  Technology – Wood.  |  Art – Rock art – Dating and attribution.  |  Settlement and contacts – Colonisation – 1851-  |  Technology – Use / Wear analysis.  |  Art – Rock painting.  |  Technology – Stone – Percussion and abrading.  |  Communications.  |  Alligator Rivers Region (N.T.) — Antiquities.  |  Alligator Rivers (Kakadu, NT SD53-01, SD53-05)  |  Ngarradj Warde Djobkeng (Kakadu, NT SD53-01)  |  Badi Badi / Paribari / Padypadiy (Kakadu, NT SD53-01)  |  Malangangerr (Kakadu, NT SD53-01)  |  Jimeri / Tyimede (West Arnhem Land NT SD53-01)

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AuthorSchrire, Carmel
PublisherDepartment of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University
Year Published1982
Binding Type

Softcover
Book Condition

Near Fine

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