The Moth Hunters by Josephine Flood - ISBN: 9781761281518
Paperback
Unearth ancient Aboriginal Alps secrets: Archaeology, environment, and history collide.

The Moth Hunters

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    488 pages

  • Release Date

    25 October 2022

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Summary

A landmark work documenting in detail the pre-history of the Australian Alps.

‘Dr Flood essays a total picture of Aboriginal communities and their use of and impact on terrain through time. ‘Pure’ archaeology is not enough. Archaeology plus the environmental sciences is not enough. Ethnohistory is not enough - for it is a view from the wrong side of the frontier. Only from an amalgam of archaeology, landscape sciences and documentary studies can a living portrait be moulded of any par…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781761281518
ISBN-10:1761281518
Author:Josephine Flood
Publisher:Booktopia Publishing
Imprint:Untapped
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:488
Release Date:25 October 2022
Weight:622g
Dimensions:36mm x 213mm x 58mm
About The Author

Josephine Flood

Josephine Flood AM is an archeologist, author and former director of the Aboriginal Heritage Section of the Australian Heritage Commission. Her works include The Moth Hunters (1980), Archeology of the Dreamtime (1983) and The Riches of Ancient Australia (1993). Her most recent book is the revised edition of The Original Australians (2019).

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