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dc.contributor.authorFerrier, Åsa
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-22 00:00:00
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T14:20:47Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T14:20:47Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier603159
dc.identifierOCN: 945783647en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32851
dc.description.abstractThis monograph presents the results of archaeological research that takes a longitudinal approach to interpreting and understanding Aboriginal–European contact. It focuses on a small but unique area of tropical rainforest in far north Queensland’s Wet Tropics Bioregion, located within the traditional lands of the Jirrbal Aboriginal people on the Evelyn Tableland. The research integrates a diverse range of data sources: archaeological evidence recovered from Aboriginal open sites occupied in the pre- to post-contact periods, historical documents of early ethnographers, settlers and explorers in the region, supplemented with Aboriginal oral history testimony. Analyses of the archaeological evidence excavated from three open sites facilitated the identification of the trajectories of culture change and continuity that this investigation focused on: Aboriginal rainforest material culture and technology, plant subsistence strategies, and rainforest settlement patterns. Analyses of the data sets demonstrate that initial use of the rainforest environment on the Evelyn Tableland occurred during the early Holocene period, with successful adaptation and a change towards more permanent Aboriginal use of the rainforest becoming established in the late Holocene period. European arrival and settlement on traditional Aboriginal land resulted in a period of historical upheaval for the Aboriginal rainforest people. Following an initial period of violent interactions and strong Aboriginal resistance from the rainforest, Jirrbal Aboriginal people continued to adapt and transform their traditional culture to accommodate for the many changes forced upon them throughout the post‑contact period.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1M Australasia, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Atlantic Islands::1MB Australia and New Zealand / Aotearoa::1MBF Australiaen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKD Archaeology by period / regionen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3B Prehistoryen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology::NKP Environmental archaeologyen_US
dc.subject.otheraustralia
dc.subject.otheraboriginal settlement
dc.subject.otherarchaeology
dc.subject.otherrainforest
dc.subject.otherDyirbal language
dc.subject.otherEthnic groups in Europe
dc.subject.otherQuartz
dc.subject.otherStone tool
dc.subject.otherTerra Australis
dc.titleJourneys into the Rainforest (Terra Australis 43)
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.26530/OAPEN_603159
oapen.relation.isPublishedByddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71
oapen.relation.isbn9781925022872
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Aboriginal Australians - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians; Dyirbal language - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyirbal_language; Ethnic groups in Europe - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Europe; Quartz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz; Rainforest - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainforest; Stone tool - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_tool; Terra Australis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_Australis
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