After Captain Cook

The Archaeology of the Recent Indigenous Past in Australia

Edited by Rodney Harrison, Christine Williamson

Publication date:

09 March 2004

Length of book:

248 pages

Publisher

AltaMira Press

ISBN-13: 9780759106574

The original papers collected in this pioneering volume address the historical archaeology of Aboriginal Australia and its application in researching the shared history of Aboriginal and settler Australians. The authors draw on case studies from across the continent to show how archaeology can illuminate the continuum of responses by indigenous Australians to European settlement and colonization. Taking an innovative approach to the relationship between archaeological theory and contemporary Australian history, the book also examines the role of archaeology in current debates over Aboriginal land rights and the role of 'post-contact' archaeology in cultural heritage management. An introduction by the series editors places the Australian material in the context of indigenous archaeological studies worldwide. The volume will be of interest to academic and public archaeologists, indigenous people, anthropologists, historians, and heritage managers who deal with indigenous communities.

Part 1 Figures
Part 2 Tables
Part 3 Foreword
Chapter 4 1. Introduction: 'Too many Captain Cooks'? An archaeology of Aboriginal Australia after 1788
Part 5 RESEARCH ON THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE RECENT INDIGENOUS PAST IN AUSTRALIA
Chapter 6 2. The Mjöberg collection and contact period Aboriginal material culture from north-east Queensland's rainforest region
Chapter 7 3. Shared histories and the archaeology of the pastoral industry in Australia
Chapter 8 4. 'This civilising experiment': Photography at Coranderrk Aboriginal Station during the 1860s
Chapter 9 5. Finding meaning in the patterns: The analysis of material culture from a contact site in Tasmania
Part 10 NATIVE TITLE AND THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE RECENT ABORIGINAL PAST
Chapter 11 6. Legislating the past: Native title and the history of Aboriginal Australia
Chapter 12 7. Can archaeology be used to address the principle of exclusive possession in native title?
Part 13 CONTACT ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE MANAGEMENT
Chapter 14 8. An archaeology of attachment: Cultural heritage and the post-contact
Chapter 15 9. Recent investigations at the Ebenezer Mission cemetery
Chapter 16 10. Places people value: Social significance and cultural exchange in post-invasion Australia
Chapter 17 11. A past remembered: Aboriginal 'historical' places in central Queensland
Chapter 18 12. Epilogue: An archaeology of Indigenous/non-Indigenous Australia from 1788
Part 19 Index

This collection of papers is a resource for understanding how parallel situations are playing out elsewhere, allowing us to gain from their experiences, and for this reason alone the volume is worthwhile.