ISBN:
0-86054-545-8
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
VIII, 319 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Tab., Kt.
Serie:
BAR International Series 423
Schlagwort(e):
Australien Prähistorie
;
Archäologie
;
Jäger und Sammler
Kurzfassung:
Analysis of location, function and antiquity of earth mound sites and fish/?eel traps in south-west Victoria from historical, ethnographic and archaeological sources; seasonal availability of plant and animal food resources, especially eels, grubs, roots and tubers and small mammals, possums etc.; political and social organisation of Gunditjmara and Tjapwurong; excavations of mound sites and fish traps in Bessiebelle, Caramut and Mount William areas; semi-sedentary lifestyles; use of mound sites as ovens and as camping places and hut foundations in boggy conditions as adaptation to exploitation of wetlands.
Anmerkung:
Zugl.: Australian National University, Diss., 1985
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