Landscapes, rock-art, and the dreaming : an archaeology of preunderstanding / Bruno David
- Bib ID:
- 1114597
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- David, Bruno, 1962-
- Description:
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- London ; New York : Leicester University Press, 2002
- xii, 235 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0718502434 (alkaline paper) (hardback)
- Series:
- New approaches to anthropological archaeology.
- Summary:
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Examination of the both the Indigenous and historical basis for the Aboriginal concept of the Dreaming as reflected in rock art and rock art studies; includes case studies form the Victoria River District, Central Australia and Arnhem Land; interpretation of rock art; approaches to interpreting the Dreaming - time and history in western and Aboriginal understandings of the past; art, social behaviour and religion in relation to landscape; argues that the Dreaming developed in the late Holocene as a framework of preunderstanding.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Introduction
- Pt. I. The present past
- pt. 2. The Dreaming
- pt. 3. Placing the Dreaming : the archaeology of a sacred mountain
- 4. Performing the Dreaming : ritual in the arid zone
- 5. Symbols of the Dreaming : rock-art as representation
- 6. The Present past?
- pt. II. Presenting the past
- pt. 7. Archaeological trends in Australian pre-history
- 8. Seeds of change
- 9. Regionalization
- 10. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-228) and index.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Public opinion
- Aboriginal Australians -- Ethnic identity
- Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities
- Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology)
- Public opinion -- Europe
- Archaeology - Theory and criticism
- Sites - Excavations
- Wardaman people (N35) (NT SD52-16)
- Sites - Dreaming tracks
- Stories and motifs - Rock outcrops
- Religion - Totemism
- Arrernte / Aranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02)
- Art - Rock art
- Indigenous knowledge - World view
- Religion
- Australia -- Antiquities
- Cape York map area (Qld TSI SC54-12)
- Ngarrabullgan / Mount Mulligan (NE Qld SE55-01)
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- Publication date:
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