Life on the margins : an archaeological investigation of late Holocene economic variability, Blue Mud Bay, Northern Australia

Life on the margins an archaeological investigation of late Holocene economic variability, Blue Mud Bay, Northern Australia

The research presented here is primarily concerned with human-environment interactions on the tropical coast of northern Australia during the late Holocene. Based on the suggestion that significant change can occur within short time-frames as a direct result of interactive processes, the archaeologi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Faulkner, Patrick, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra : ANU E Press [2013]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Terra Australis ; 38.
Materias:
Archaeological surveying > Australia > Northern Territory > Blue Mud Bay.
Paleoecology > Australia > Northern Territory > Blue Mud Bay.
Prehistoric peoples > Australia > Northern Territory > Blue Mud Bay.
Hunting and gathering societies > Australia > Northern Territory > Blue Mud Bay.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > Australia > Northern Territory > Blue Mud Bay.
Blue Mud Bay (N.T.) > Discovery and exploration.
Blue Mud Bay (N.T.) > Antiquities.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419969306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary pages
  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • 1. The Potential for Change in Late Holocene Economic and Social Systems
  • 2. The Physical Environment, Landscape Evolution and Resource Availability
  • 3. Spatial and Chronological Patterns of Landscape Use and Resource Exploitation
  • 4. The Excavated Shell Midden and Mound Sites on the Point Blane Peninsula
  • 5. Variability in Molluscan Species and Habitat Exploitation
  • 6. Investigating Variability in the Intensity of Occupation and Resource Use
  • 7. Reaching the Potential: The Archaeological Evidence for Late Holocene Change and Variability
  • References
  • Index.

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