0415338107.Routledge.The.Archaeology.of.Ancient.Australia.Dec.2007.pdf

Archaeology of Ancient Australia

Australia has been inhabited for 50,000 years. This clear and compelling book

shows how it is possible to unearth this country’s long human history when our

historical records are limited to the few hundred years since its European discovery.

Beginning with the ﬁrst human colonization and ending with European contact

in the eighteenth century, Peter Hiscock traces the ever-changing and sometimes

turbulent history of the Australian Aboriginal peoples and their ancestors. While

they remained hunters and gatherers throughout this time, their culture continually

evolved, with their changes in economics, technology, cosmology, beliefs and

social life.

Hiscock shows how this human past can be reconstructed from archaeological

evidence in easy-to-read style and without unnecessary jargon or detail, yet

reﬂecting the weight of scientiﬁc research. Including information from genetics,

environmental sciences, anthropology and history, this book encompasses the wide

variety of disciplines in the sciences and humanities which contribute to an

archaeological investigation.

World-renowned discoveries such as the human bodies at Lake Mungo, the ice-

age art sites of Arnhem Land, the deformed human skulls from Kow Swamp, the

early ornaments and paintings from remote desert caves, and the puzzling giant

shell mounds of the north coast, are discussed and extensively illustrated.

The result is not only a comprehensive and understandable introduction for

beginners in archaeology, but also a challenging and absorbing view about the

richness and variety of ancient human civilization.

Peter Hiscock is a Reader at the Australian National University where he teaches the

archaeology of Australia. His work on Australian sites has concentrated on ancient

technology but has also explored human exploitation of coastal and desert

landscapes.

Archaeology of

Ancient Australia

Peter Hiscock

First published 2008

by Routledge

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ISBN 0-203-44835-9 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 978–0–415–33810–3 (hbk)

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