Where the ancestors walked : Australia as an Aboriginal landscape
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Where the ancestors walked : Australia as an Aboriginal landscape
Allen & Unwin, 2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-271) and index
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内容説明
'Philip Clarke has penned an insightful and wide-ranging account of Australia's Aboriginal cultures from a perspective of great learning and insider privilege. It's an immensely significant work, revealing the extraordinary richness of one of the world's oldest continuous cultures.' Tim Flannery, author of The Future Eaters Since their arrival many thousands of years ago, Australia's Aboriginal people have developed a unique, rich and elaborate way of life. With a deep spiritual attachment to land and a strong sense of community, they have drawn on tradition to respond to new situations. In this way, they have thrived in Australia's changing and often harsh landscape. Early European settlers in Australia judged Aboriginal culture as 'primitive'. Yet the Aboriginal people they encountered had, in fact, a highly sophisticated understanding of their environment and complex strategies for finding food and medicines, and for making tools and art objects. Philip Clarke paints a picture of the culture and traditions of Aboriginal Australia.
Drawing on research from anthropology, cultural geography and environmental studies as well as his own fieldwork, he explains the diverse ways in which Aboriginal people relate to the land across the continent. Heavily illustrated, Where the Ancestors Walked will appeal to anyone interested in understanding the traditional lifestyle of Aboriginal people. 'Phillip Clarke's clear, wide-ranging and sympathetic survey describes the manner in which Indigenous societies humanised and utilised landscapes from before European times to the present. This is an excellent introduction for interested lay readers and higher and tertiary education students.' Emeritus Professor John Mulvaney, author of Prehistory of Australia
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Preface Introduction PART ONE: ORIGINS OF ABORIGINAL CULTURE 1. Early human colonisation A changing planet. Bridging the gap. Occupying 'new' land. Human impact on the landscape. 2. Religious landscapes The Dreaming. Sacred sites. The Skyworld and Underworld. 3. Kinship and family life Knowing your kin. Gender and taboos. Play and games. Rites of passage. 4. Mapping people Tribes and clans. Travelling ceremonies. Languages. Layering of identity. PART TWO: MATERIALS OF CULTURE 5. The hunting and gathering mode Food and water quest. Medicines and narcotics. Resource management. 6. The toolmaker Stone and bone as tools. Holding it together. Retooling. 7. The gatherer's toolkit Gathering implements. Clothing. Domestic life. 8. Weapons and hunting implements Weapons. Hunting and fishing. Watercraft. 9. Art and the music of the Dreaming Mythologic
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