The Prehistory of Australia.
by Mulvaney, D. J
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0140217738
- ISBN 13
- 9780140217735
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About This Item
Melbourne, Ringwood: Penguin Books Australia, 1975. Revised ed.. Paperback wide trade, good condition, black & white photos, maps, spine little creased, pages lightly toned, spine edges slightly rubbed, crease cover joins to spine, light toning inside covers, light foxing edges, minor edgewear. 327 pp. A pioneering prehistory of Australia up until 1788 by D. J. Mulvaney. Separate chapters cover protohistory (pre-European contacts), eg, Macassan (Makassan) trepangers (sea cucumber harvesting), landscape and people, Aboriginal ethnohistory, archeological prehistory, Aboriginal origins, and Aboriginal archeological relics. In this new and revised edition, Professor Mulvaney has synthesized the results of this recent research. This is a coherent and systematic account of the progress of Aboriginal culture from its beginnings to the first European contact.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31023
- Title
- The Prehistory of Australia.
- Author
- Mulvaney, D. J
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140217738
- ISBN 13
- 9780140217735
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Australia
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne, Ringwood
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- archeology, anthropology, ancient history, aborigines, earth sciences, australia
- Bookseller catalogs
- ANCIENT HISTORY;
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