After Captain Cook

The Archaeology of the Recent Indigenous Past in Australia

Rodney Harrison, Christine Williamson

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Year: 2004
• eBook ISBN: 9780759115798
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Index: Social Sciences

The original papers collected in this pioneering volume address the historical archaeology of Aboriginal Australia and its application in researching the shared history of Aboriginal and settler Australians. The authors draw on case studies from across the continent to show how archaeology can illuminate the continuum of responses by indigenous Australians to European settlement and colonization. Taking an innovative approach to the relationship between archaeological theory and contemporary Australian history, the book also examines the role of archaeology in current debates over Aboriginal land rights and the role of 'post-contact' archaeology in cultural heritage management. An introduction by the series editors places the Australian material in the context of indigenous archaeological studies worldwide. The volume will be of interest to academic and public archaeologists, indigenous people, anthropologists, historians, and heritage managers who deal with indigenous communities.

Table of contents

• Indigenous Archaeologies Series
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Table of Figures
• List of Tables
• Foreword
• 1 - Introduction: ‘Too many Captain Cooks’? An archaeology of Aboriginal Australia after 1788
• RESEARCH ON THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE RECENT INDIGENOUS PAST IN AUSTRALIA
• NATIVE TITLE AND THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE RECENT ABORIGINAL PAST
• CONTACT ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE MANAGEMENT
• Index
• About the Contributors