Aboriginal Peoples and Terrestrial Invertebrates in Australia
Historical and Cultural Relationships
$47.75
- Paperback
344 pages
- Release Date
19 January 2026
Summary
Aboriginal peoples have deep connections with Australia’s terrestrial invertebrates, going back millennia. This book focuses on these historical and cultural relationships, describing the role of insects and other arthropods as totemic ancestors and spirit beings. It also explores Aboriginal nomenclature, foraging techniques and the use of land-based arthropods and molluscs as food, medicine and for making artefacts.
Through the lens of ethnoentomology, Philip Clarke examines the cult…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781486320431 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1486320430 |
| Author: | Philip A. Clarke |
| Publisher: | CSIRO Publishing |
| Imprint: | CSIRO Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 19 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 852g |
| Dimensions: | 245mm x 170mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Philip A. Clarke
Philip A. Clarke is a consultant anthropologist working in native title and Aboriginal heritage. With an academic background in both science and anthropology, his research interests are focused on the ethnosciences, in particular Australian ethnobiology and ethnoastronomy. Philip is the author of Aboriginal Peoples and Birds in Australia and Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia.
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