Aboriginal peoples and birds in Australia : historical and cultural relationships
Clarke, Philip A.2023
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Total copies: 1
Australia is home to many distinctive species of birds, and Aboriginal peoples have developed close alliances with them over the millennia of their occupation of this country. Aboriginal Peoples and Birds in Australia: Historical and Cultural Relationships provides a review of the broad physical, historical and cultural relationships that Aboriginal people have had with the Australian avifauna. It describes the role of birds as totemic ancestors and spirit beings, and explores Aboriginal bird nomenclature, foraging techniques and the use of avian materials to make food, medicine and artefacts. Through a historical perspective, this book examines the gaps between knowledge systems of Indigenous peoples and Western science, to encourage greater collaboration and acknowledgment in the future.
Main title:
Author:
Clarke, Philip A., author
Imprint:
Clayton South, VIC : CSIRO Publishing, 2023.©2023.
Collation:
xi, 332 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), colour portraits ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781486315970 (paperback)9781486315987 (pdf)9781486315994 (ebook)
Dewey class:
305.89915
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
730589