Main Title: |
Readings in Victorian prehistory. Volume 2. The Victorian Aboriginals 1800 to 1860 / by P.J.F. Coutts. |
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Author: |
Coutts, P.J.F. (Peter John Fraser), 1939- Victoria Archaeological Survey
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Imprint: |
[Melbourne] : Victoria Archaeological Survey, Ministry for Conservation, Victoria, 1981. |
Collation: |
30 x 42 cm. viii, 280 p. : ill., portraits, facsimiles, maps, pbk ; |
Subject: |
First Nations Australians Prehistory Archaeology and archaeologists Natural history Antiquities
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ISBN: |
0724133364 |
Notes: |
Overview of relationship between archaeology, ethnography and history; site typology; formation and destruction of sites; practical guide to excavation, dating, analysis and interpretation of archaeological materials; Victorian legislation to protect Aboriginal relics and its implementation; impact of European settlement on traditional culture and subsistence. Contents include: Part 1: Introduction; Part 2: Modes of Aboriginal subsistence; Part 3: Culture change; Part 4: The protectorate 1840-1850; Part 5: British justice and the aboriginals; Part 6: Extermination or assimilation; Appendix 1: Selective documentation from the past; References; Footnotes.
Bibliography: p. 247-251.
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