Cultural Burning

Author:   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
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9781009485302


Pages:   72
Publication Date:   06 June 2024
Format:   Hardback
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This 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.

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Author:   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:  

9781009485302


ISBN 10:   100948530
Pages:   72
Publication Date:   06 June 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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1. 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.

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