Document Type
Journal Article
Abstract
An Aboriginal elder, an archaeologist and a geographer report on an interdisciplinary project about colonial-era settlement in the Murchison and Davenport ranges in the Northern Territory. Oral history, physical evidence and historical records reveal a distinct central Australian cultural landscape and show that archaeology can do more than merely exhume material to support historical 'realities'. This project provides new or improved understandings of (I) colonial technology in pastoral ventures, (2) continuity and change in Aboriginal life following European arrival, (3) social behaviour in colonial settings, and (4) alternatives to Eurocentric Australian histories.
ANZSRC / FoR Code
2101 ARCHAEOLOGY
COinS
Publication Details
Paterson, A., Gill, N. J. & Kennedy, M. (2003). An archaeology of historical reality? Two case studies of the short term. Australian Archaeology, 57 82-89.