Archaeology and linguistics : aboriginal Australia in global perspective
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Archaeology and linguistics : aboriginal Australia in global perspective
Oxford University Press, 1997
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Bibliography: p. 423-453
Includes index
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: pbk ISBN 9780195506709
Description
This volume brings together new work in archaeology, linguistics and genetics to reveal a varied and dynamic view of Australia's Aboriginal past, and its place in the prehistory of the Pacific region. A picture emerges of sweeping changes in the last 5000 years, at odds with prevailing notions of a static Aboriginal society.
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ISBN 9780195537284
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This text brings together work in archaeology, linguistics and genetics to reveal a varied and dynamic view of Australia's Aboriginal past, and its place in the prehistory of the Pacific region. Each discipline provides some pieces of the jigsaw: put these together and a fuller picture emerges. To the dates and excavations of archaeology we can fit linguistic models of cultural contact and spread, and genetic evidence for past patterns of marriage and migration. All three disciplines point to sweeping changes in the mid-Holocene, linked to expansion of the Pama-Nyungan language family over most of the continent. The book includes introductory chapters surveying the methods and current state of knowledge in each contributing discipline as well as sections dealing with regional patterns within Australia; culture contact; the Pama-Nyungan question; and the broader Asia-Pacific perspective
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