Community Archaeology: Working Ancient Aboriginal Wetlands in Eastern Australia
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Community Archaeology: Working Ancient Aboriginal Wetlands in Eastern Australia

  1. 468 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Community Archaeology: Working Ancient Aboriginal Wetlands in Eastern Australia

About this book

Community Archaeology presents the results of an investigation of wetland heritage in eastern Australia, with important contributions to the archaeology of the Tasmanian Midlands and the New England Tablelands. In this first substantial project in these bioregions since 1991, OSL and radiocarbon dating at lagoon sites provided dates going back to 8000 BP, significantly extending previous information. In both regions a range of stone artefact scatters were recorded adjacent to lagoons, suggesting associated ceremonial activities. Across the regions, new OSL dates were obtained for lunette formation. These were unexpectedly diverse, with OSL dates not clustered around the Last Glacial Maximum at 20k. With sediment particle sizes suggesting both wind and water deposition, quite individual local lunette depositional histories not closely related to global climates are indicated. The book also contributes to the important global field of community engagement and education. Unlike most projects where Aboriginal people are involved in commercial archaeology, this project focussed on research. Community Elders were research team partners during fieldwork and training. Work-integrated -learning, at University and on-country locations, proved very successful as a learning approach for young participants.

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Yes, you can access Community Archaeology: Working Ancient Aboriginal Wetlands in Eastern Australia by Wendy Beck, Catherine Clarke, Robert Haworth, Wendy Beck,Catherine Clarke,Robert Haworth in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Physical Anthropology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. About Access Archaeology
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Information
  5. Dedication
  6. Summary
  7. Contents
  8. List of Figures
  9. List of Tables
  10. Contributors
  11. Acknowledgements
  12. Introduction
  13. Chapter 1: Indigenous Participation and Aboriginal Education
  14. Chapter 2: Connections—Aboriginal Participants’ Reflections: a Photo Essay
  15. Chapter 3: Fieldwork, Sampling and Study Areas
  16. Chapter 4: Dating and Chronology
  17. Chapter 5: Formation and development of upland lake-lunette systems in northern New South Wales, Australia, and their relation to climate, ecological change and human occupation
  18. Chapter 6: A Review of the Archaeological Record of Surface Sites, New England Bioregion
  19. Chapter 7: Lagoon Excavations: New England Tableland Bioregion
  20. Chapter 8: Silcrete Grinding Grooves in New England, NSW
  21. Chapter 9: Contrasting Lake Formation and Late-Glacial Aeolian Activity Between the Tasmanian Central Plateau and Adjacent Midlands Graben
  22. Chapter 10: The Archaeology of Lagoons of the Tasmanian Midlands and Eastern Central Plateau and Its Role in Re-Interpreting Past Tasmanian Aboriginal Landscape Use and Meaning
  23. Chapter 11: The Tasmanian and New England Research in a Global Setting
  24. Appendix A: Analyst Report for Radiocarbon Dating
  25. Appendix B: Luminescence Dating of Sediments from Wetland Sites in New England, New South Wales, and Tasmania, Australia
  26. Appendix C: Luminescence Dating of Sediments from New England and Tasmanian Wetland Sites
  27. Appendix D: New England Tablelands Sediment Profile Descriptions
  28. Appendix E: Mapping and Characterisation of Silcrete and Axe Grinding Grooves in the New England Region, NSW