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Palaeo-Environmental Change and the Persistence of Human Occupation in South-Western Australian Forests
Joe Dortch
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This study investigates hunter-gatherer responses to environmental change in south-western Australian forests. The study region is the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Region, extreme south-western Australia. It examines how hunter-gatherers reacted to terminal Pleistocene and early Holocene expansions of Karri (Eucalytpus diversicolor) tall open-forest, a forest type identified as difficult to occupy. The putative hunter-gatherer reaction requires careful assessment because past hunter-gatherers could have continued to occupy forested areas by using many different habitats within forests and controlling the extent of unfavourable habitats by firing. The author assesses the issue by reviewing ecological and archaeological research in south-western and south-eastern Australian forests and analysing archaeological evidence for occupation in various types of forest.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Abstract
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Table of Contents
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List of figures
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List of tables
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Figures in Appendices
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Tables in Appendices
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Acknowledgments
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Chapter 1 Introduction
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Chapter 2 Forests in south-western Australia
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Chapter 3 Palaeo-environmental change in south-western Australia
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Chapter 4 Hunter-gatherers in tall open-forests
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Chapter 5 Location and test-excavation of archaeological deposits
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Chapter 6 Dating episodes of human occupation at Leeuwin-Naturaliste Region sites
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Chapter 7 Stone artefacts and occupation intensity
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Chapter 8 Inferring palaeo-vegetation from faunal remains
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Chapter 9 Palaeo-environmental interpretations from identified charcoal fragments
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Chapter 10 Conclusion
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References
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Appendices
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Published: 2004
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407327105 (ebook)
- 9781841716381 (paperback)
BAR Number: S1288