Hiscock, Peter, 1957-

The archaeology of ancient Australia / Peter Hiscock - London : Routledge, 2008 - xviii, 338 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [290]-329) and index.

The veil of antipodean pre-history -- The colonization of Australia -- Early settlement across Australia -- Extinction of Pleistocene fauna -- Who were the first Australians? -- Life in Pleistocene Australia -- Tasmania isolated -- Technology in the Holocene -- Coastal economies in the Holocene -- Inland economies in the Holocene -- Arid zone economies in the Holocene -- Population growth and mobility -- Social identity and interaction during the Holocene -- The ethnographic challenge : change in the last millennium.

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Prehistoric peoples--Australia
Aboriginal Australians--Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)--Australia


Australia--Antiquities