Author : Arnold R. Pilling
Publisher : East Lansing : Michigan State University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Diprotodon to Detribalization: Studies of Change Among Australian Aborigines by : Arnold R. Pilling
Download or read book Diprotodon to Detribalization: Studies of Change Among Australian Aborigines written by Arnold R. Pilling and published by East Lansing : Michigan State University Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented to or prepared for a symposium held in April 1960 at the Central States Anthropological Society meetings in Bloomington, Indiana; part I. General, chapter 1, Some points of change in Western Australia by R.M. Berndt & C.H. Berndt, chapter 2, Assimilation, acculturation, and the emergent subcultures by J. Wilson, chapter 3, Directions of culture change in Aboriginal Arnhem Land; by R.A. Waterman and P.P. Waterman part II. Physical anthropology, chapter 4, Notable changes in the incidence of disease in Northern Territory Aborigines by C.E. Cook, chapter 5, The introduction of new blood genes to the Australian Aborigines by R.T. Simmons; part III. Prehistory, chapter 6, Prehistoric and recent change in Australian Aboriginal culture by F.D. McCarthy, chapter 7, Antiquity and changing environment of the Australian Aborigines by E.D. Gill, chapter 8, The Kartans of Kangaroo Island, South; Australia; a puzzle in extinction by F.H. Bauer, chapter 9, Changes in Australian art by A. Lommel; part IV. Linguistics, chapter 10, Linguistic change in Australia by A. Capell, chapter 11, Changes in Tiwi language by A.R. Pilling; part V. Economics, chapter 12, Evidence of change in the vegetable diet of Australian Aborigines by F.R. Irvine, chapter 13, Trade and change in Aboriginal Australian cultures; Australian Aboriginal trade as an expression of close culture contact and; as a mediator of cultural change by F.J. Micha; part VI. Social organization, chapter 14, Change in an Aboriginal community in Central Australia by J.P.M. Long, chapter 15, Pindan; a preliminary comment by K. Wilson; part VII. Religion and ritual, chapter 16, An example of ritual change among the Tiwi of Melville Island by J.C. Goodale, chapter 17, Observations on the mission field of the Pallottine Fathers in north-west Australia by E.A. Worms; Chapters listed separately.