Book review: Appropriated pasts: Indigenous peoples and the colonial culture of archaeology

Date

2007

Authors

McGrath, Ann

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Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Abstract

This book makes me wonder why Australian historians have so readily agreed to a history that starts at 1788. Perhaps the First Fleet's entertaining publishing enterprises have been too seductive. Whereas historians may doubt that it is possible to write history without archival word middens, archaeologists doubt that one can write without material discoveries. Sources and methodological expertise have created a major chasm between the colonising disciplines of archaeology, prehistory and history

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Keywords

Australian History, Aboriginal History

Citation

McGrath, A. “Appropriated pasts: Indigenous peoples and the colonial culture of archaeology”. Australian Historical Studies 38:129 (2007): 174-175.

Source

Australian Historical Studies

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Review

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Australian Historical Studies

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2037-12-31