Continent of Hunter-Gatherers: New Perspectives in Australian Prehistory

Continent of Hunter-Gatherers: New Perspectives in Australian Prehistory
ISBN-10
0521351065
ISBN-13
9780521351065
Category
Social Science
Pages
408
Language
English
Published
1997-02-28
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Harry Lourandos

Description

This book challenges traditional perceptions of Australian Aboriginal prehistory: that environment is the major determinant of hunter-gatherers; that Aborigines were egalitarian and culturally homogeneous; that they experienced few economic and demographic changes. Lourandos argues that their social and economic processes were complex and that the prehistory period was dynamic. Lourandos considers colonization, Tasmanian Aborigines, the role of fire, the intensification debate, plant exploitation and other prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies.

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