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OverviewThis Element addresses a burning question – how can archaeologists best identify and interpret cultural burning, the controlled use of fire by people to shape and curate their physical and social landscapes? This Element describes what cultural burning is and presents current methods by which it can be identified in historical and archaeological records, applying internationally relevant methods to Australian landscapes. It clarifies how the transdisciplinary study of cultural burning by Quaternary scientists, historians, archaeologists and Indigenous community members is informing interpretations of cultural practices, ecological change, land use and the making of place. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bruno David (Monash University) , Michael-Shawn Fletcher (The University of Melbourne) , Simon Connor (Australian National University) , Virginia Ruth Pullin (The University of Melbourne)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781009485302ISBN 10: 100948530 Pages: 72 Publication Date: 06 June 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. What is cultural burning? Caring for country with fire; 3. Reading past cultural burning through colonial art; 4. Cultural burning in the quaternary record-Scientific approaches, methods and applications; 5. Historicising cultural burning through buried charcoal: amount of burned vegetation and recurrence rates of fire episodes in the Furneaux Islands, Bass Strait, Australia; 6. Conclusion: implications for the investigation of past cultural burning practices globally; References.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |