UNCOVERING AUSTRALIA

By SARAH COLLEY

Archaeology, Indigenous people and the public

This book is based on how ancient history and contemporary politics repeatedly clash as established ways of practicing archaeology come into conflict with emerging indigenous and other rights movements - and into the headlines. Tourists vandalise the world's most ancient art, indigenous ancestral remains are removed from museum collections and debates over the date of first human settlement in Australia meet debates about Aboriginal rights claims. The shifting world of Australian archaeology reflects the great social and political transformations throughout the world over the last half century.

Soft laminated cover 272pages.227mmx152mm ISBN 9781865082097(2002) RRP $45.00