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Australia and the origins of agriculture

Title
Australia and the origins of agriculture / Rupert Gerritsen.
Author
Gerritsen, Rupert, 1953-
Publication
Oxford, England : Archaeopress : Available from Hadrian Books, 2008.

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Description
iii, 205 pages : illustrations, maps; 30 cm
Series Statement
BAR international series ; 1874
Uniform Title
BAR international series ; 1874.
Subject
  • Geschichte
  • Agriculture > Origin
  • Agriculture, Prehistoric
  • Agriculture, Prehistoric > Australia
  • Aboriginal Australians > Food > History
  • Aboriginal Australians > Agriculture > History
  • Nhanta > Nhanda people (W14) (WA SG50-13)
  • Nhanta > Nhanda language (W14) (WA SG50-13)
  • Ngarrindjeri > Narrinjeri people (S69) (SA SI54-13)
  • Demography > Palaeodemography > Aboriginal settlement of Australia
  • Housing > Shelters > Rock shelters
  • Housing
  • Sites > Mortuary sites and cemeteries
  • Archaeology > Intensification
  • Subsistence and economy
  • Economic sectors > Agriculture and horticulture
  • Plants
  • Language > Vocabulary
  • Settlement and contacts > Dutch
  • Trade and exchange > Trade routes
  • Aboriginal Australians > Agriculture
  • Aboriginal Australians > Food
  • Agriculture > Origin
  • Agriculture, Prehistoric
  • Antiquities
  • Landwirtschaft
  • Aboriginal Australians > Food
  • Iwi taketake
  • Australia > Antiquities
  • Eumeralla (W Vic SJ54-11)
  • Australia
  • Australien
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-205).
Contents
Machine derived contents note: Chapter 1. Considering the Origins of Agriculture 1 -- Chapter 2. People, Islands and Deserts 5 -- Chapter 3. People and Plants in Australia 19 -- Chapter 4. A Case of Indigenous Agriculture in Australia 29 -- Chapter 5. Sowing the Seeds 39 -- Chapter 6. An 'Australian Early Neolithic'? 71 -- Chapter 7. Big Men and Wannabe Chiefs -- Part 1 95 -- Chapter 8. Big Men and Wannabe Chiefs -- Part 2 121 -- Chapter 9. Food to Trade 131 -- Chapter 10. On the Origins of Agriculture 141 -- Chapter 11. On Australia and the Origins of Agriculture 159 -- References 167.
ISBN
  • 9781407303543
  • 1407303546
LCCN
2009358860
OCLC
  • ocn298595987
  • 298595987
  • SCSB-1502255
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library