The Resource Late holocene indigenous economies of the tropical Australian coast : an archaeological study of the Darwin region, Patricia Mary Bourke
Late holocene indigenous economies of the tropical Australian coast : an archaeological study of the Darwin region, Patricia Mary Bourke
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- Summary
- Archaeological study of occupation of the Darwin region during the late Holocene; subsistence and settlement patterns; discusses methods of analysing changes in settlement patterns and resource procurement in the archaeological record through environmental context and taphonomic processes; shell mounds; previous archaeological research in Darwin region; historical impact on archaeological sites; role of molluscs in prehistoric economies; changes in resource procurement strategies; intensification; review of current hypotheses on Mid to Late Holocene economic systems; environmental variability and its effects on human history; description of prehistoric landscapes - climate, geomorphology; present-day environment - landforms, flora and fauna; problems with ethnographic interpretations of archaeological material; culture contact in Northern Australia; Indigenous knowledge and use of resources as recorded historically; methods; results; midden analysis; comparison of results from shell midden excavations and analysis on Middle Arm Peninsula; variability of sites at Hope; taphonomic patterns; chronology of Darwin coastal sites; interpretation of the faunal remains; comparison of ethnographic and archaeological records - ethnographic reports found to be consistent with the archaeological evidence; the ritual/ceremonial context of shell mounds; influence of Macassan contact; chronological change in Late Holocene resource exploitation; the meaning of shell mound building; summarises the Late Holocene economies in the Darwin region; agrees with general suggestion of intensification during the Late Holocene
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Late holocene indigenous economies of the tropical Australian coast : an archaeological study of the Darwin region
- Title
- Late holocene indigenous economies of the tropical Australian coast
- Title remainder
- an archaeological study of the Darwin region
- Statement of responsibility
- Patricia Mary Bourke
- Subject
-
- Archaeology - Intensification
- Archaeology - Settlement patterns
- Archaeology -- Northern Territory
- Ceremonies - Trade and exchange
- Coastal archaeology -- Northern Territory
- Gathering - Seafood / Shellfish
- Geology, Stratigraphic -- Northern Territory -- Holocene
- Human ecology -- Northern Territory -- History
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory | Darwin Region -- History
- Kitchen-middens -- Northern Territory | Darwin
- Land settlement patterns -- Northern Territory -- Holocene
- Settlement and contacts - Macassans and Indonesians
- Sites - Assemblages, sequences and analysis
- Sites - Ceremonial grounds
- Sites - Earth mounds
- Sites - Excavations
- Sites - Middens
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Archaeological study of occupation of the Darwin region during the late Holocene; subsistence and settlement patterns; discusses methods of analysing changes in settlement patterns and resource procurement in the archaeological record through environmental context and taphonomic processes; shell mounds; previous archaeological research in Darwin region; historical impact on archaeological sites; role of molluscs in prehistoric economies; changes in resource procurement strategies; intensification; review of current hypotheses on Mid to Late Holocene economic systems; environmental variability and its effects on human history; description of prehistoric landscapes - climate, geomorphology; present-day environment - landforms, flora and fauna; problems with ethnographic interpretations of archaeological material; culture contact in Northern Australia; Indigenous knowledge and use of resources as recorded historically; methods; results; midden analysis; comparison of results from shell midden excavations and analysis on Middle Arm Peninsula; variability of sites at Hope; taphonomic patterns; chronology of Darwin coastal sites; interpretation of the faunal remains; comparison of ethnographic and archaeological records - ethnographic reports found to be consistent with the archaeological evidence; the ritual/ceremonial context of shell mounds; influence of Macassan contact; chronological change in Late Holocene resource exploitation; the meaning of shell mound building; summarises the Late Holocene economies in the Darwin region; agrees with general suggestion of intensification during the Late Holocene
- Cataloging source
- XNTU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bourke, Patricia Mary
- Dewey number
- 304.2099429
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Geology, Stratigraphic
- Human ecology
- Archaeology
- Coastal archaeology
- Aboriginal Australians
- Land settlement patterns
- Kitchen-middens
- Label
- Late holocene indigenous economies of the tropical Australian coast : an archaeological study of the Darwin region, Patricia Mary Bourke
- Note
- Thesis (PhD)--Northern Territory University, 2000
- Bibliography note
- Bibliography: leaves 356-416
- Control code
- 000023125469
- Dimensions
- 30 cm.
- Extent
- xvii, 434 leaves
- Governing access note
- Open access - reading. Partial copying & use. Not for Inter-Library Loan
- Immediate source of acquisition
- Patricia Bourke
- Other physical details
- illustrations, (some coloured), maps (some coloured)
- Label
- Late holocene indigenous economies of the tropical Australian coast : an archaeological study of the Darwin region, Patricia Mary Bourke
- Note
- Thesis (PhD)--Northern Territory University, 2000
- Bibliography note
- Bibliography: leaves 356-416
- Control code
- 000023125469
- Dimensions
- 30 cm.
- Extent
- xvii, 434 leaves
- Governing access note
- Open access - reading. Partial copying & use. Not for Inter-Library Loan
- Immediate source of acquisition
- Patricia Bourke
- Other physical details
- illustrations, (some coloured), maps (some coloured)
Subject
- Archaeology - Intensification
- Archaeology - Settlement patterns
- Archaeology -- Northern Territory
- Ceremonies - Trade and exchange
- Coastal archaeology -- Northern Territory
- Gathering - Seafood / Shellfish
- Geology, Stratigraphic -- Northern Territory -- Holocene
- Human ecology -- Northern Territory -- History
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory | Darwin Region -- History
- Kitchen-middens -- Northern Territory | Darwin
- Land settlement patterns -- Northern Territory -- Holocene
- Settlement and contacts - Macassans and Indonesians
- Sites - Assemblages, sequences and analysis
- Sites - Ceremonial grounds
- Sites - Earth mounds
- Sites - Excavations
- Sites - Middens
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
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