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Author Sutton, Peter, 1946- author.

Title Farmers or Hunter-gatherers? : The Dark Emu Debate
Published Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Publishing, 2021

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Contents Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- About this book -- Contents -- 1. The Dark Emu debate -- 2. Spiritual propagation -- 3. The language question -- 4. Ecological agents and 'firestick farming' -- 5. Social evolutionism rebirthed -- 6. The agriculture debate -- 7. Patterns of apparel -- 8. 'Aquaculture' or fishing and trapping? -- 9. Dwellings -- 10. Mobility -- 11. The explorers' records -- 12. 'Agricultural' implements and antiquity -- 13. Stone circles and 'smoking' trees -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: When did Indigenous people arrive in Australia?
Appendix 2: Band movements recorded by William Buckley -- Acknowledgements -- Image credits -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary "An authoritative study of pre-colonial Australia that dismantles and reframes popular narratives of First Nations land management and food production. Australians' understanding of Aboriginal society prior to the British invasion from 1788 has been transformed since the publication of Bruce Pascoe's Dark Emu in 2014. It argued that classical Aboriginal society was more sophisticated than Australians had been led to believe because it resembled more closely the farming communities of Europe. In Farmers or Hunter-gatherers? Peter Sutton and Keryn Walshe ask why Australians have been so receptive to the notion that farming represents an advance from hunting and gathering. Drawing on the knowledge of Aboriginal elders, previously not included within this discussion, and decades of anthropological scholarship, Sutton and Walshe provide extensive evidence to support their argument that classical Aboriginal society was a hunter-gatherer society and as sophisticated as the traditional European farming methods. 'Farmers or Hunter-gatherers?' asks Australians to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal society and culture"--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Pascoe, Bruce, 1947- Dark emu
Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
Aboriginal Australians -- Agriculture.
Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities.
Aboriginal Australians -- History
Land use, Rural -- Australia
Hunting and gathering societies -- Australia
Fishing - Fish traps.
Sites - Stone arrangements.
Sites - Middens.
Indigenous knowledge - Botany.
Indigenous knowledge - Ecology.
Housing - Shelters.
Costume and clothing.
Costume and clothing - Cloaks and coats.
Technology - Stone.
Technology - Tools - Topology / classification.
Environment - Land management - Fire.
Environment - Land management.
Environment - Land management - Clearing.
Environment - Climate and weather - Seasons.
Religion - Rites - Increase.
Language - Vocabulary.
Anthropology - Theory and criticism.
Archaeology - Settlement patterns.
Settlement and contacts - Explorers - European.
Hunting, gathering, and fishing.
Demography - Population mobility.
Habitation - Nomadism.
Hopkins River (W Vic SJ54-12)
Tae Rak / Lake Condah (W Vic SJ54-11)
Tasmania (Tas)
HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand
Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australians -- Agriculture
Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities
Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
Hunting and gathering societies
Land use, Rural
SUBJECT Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591
Subject Mer / Murray Island (Qld TSI SC55-05)
Australia
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Walshe, Keryn, author
ISBN 0522877869
9780522877861