Dark emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture. / Aboriginal Australians Hunting and gathering societies. Landuse, Rural. Land use, Rural Hunting and gathering societies
Pascoe, Bruce, 1947-,
Dark emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture. / Bruce Pascoe. - New edition. - 277 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
First published 2014.
Includes bibliographical references: (pages 249-264) and index.
1.Agriculture -- 2.Aquaculture -- 3.Population and housing -- 4.Storage and preservation -- 5.Fire -- 6.The heavens, language, and the law -- 7.An Australian agricultural revolution -- 8.Accepting history and creating the future.
"Dark Emu argues for a reconsideration of the 'hunter-gatherer' tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians and attempts to rebut the colonial myths that have worked to justify dispossession. Accomplished author Bruce Pascoe provides compelling evidence from the diaries of early explorers that suggests that systems of food production and land management have been blatantly understated in modern retellings of early Aboriginal history, and that a new look at Australia’s past is required"--Publisher's website.
9781921248016
Aboriginal Australians--Agriculture.
Aboriginal Australians--Antiquities.
Aboriginal Australians--Social life and customs.
Hunting and gathering societies.
Landuse, Rural.
Aboriginal Australians--Antiquities.
Aboriginal Australians--Social life and customs.
Aboriginal Australians--Agriculture.
Land use, Rural--Australia.
Hunting and gathering societies--Australia.
Australia.
GN666
305.89915
Dark emu : Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture. / Bruce Pascoe. - New edition. - 277 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
First published 2014.
Includes bibliographical references: (pages 249-264) and index.
1.Agriculture -- 2.Aquaculture -- 3.Population and housing -- 4.Storage and preservation -- 5.Fire -- 6.The heavens, language, and the law -- 7.An Australian agricultural revolution -- 8.Accepting history and creating the future.
"Dark Emu argues for a reconsideration of the 'hunter-gatherer' tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians and attempts to rebut the colonial myths that have worked to justify dispossession. Accomplished author Bruce Pascoe provides compelling evidence from the diaries of early explorers that suggests that systems of food production and land management have been blatantly understated in modern retellings of early Aboriginal history, and that a new look at Australia’s past is required"--Publisher's website.
9781921248016
Aboriginal Australians--Agriculture.
Aboriginal Australians--Antiquities.
Aboriginal Australians--Social life and customs.
Hunting and gathering societies.
Landuse, Rural.
Aboriginal Australians--Antiquities.
Aboriginal Australians--Social life and customs.
Aboriginal Australians--Agriculture.
Land use, Rural--Australia.
Hunting and gathering societies--Australia.
Australia.
GN666
305.89915