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Cultural Burning

Bruno David author Anthony Romano author Jessie Birkett-Rees author Simon Connor author Jean-Jacques Delannoy author Michael-Shawn Fletcher author Virginia Ruth Pullin author Michela Mariani author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:6th Jun '24

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This Element explains 'cultural burning' and shows how its deep-time history can be studied through scientific methods.

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. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.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.

ISBN: 9781009485302

Dimensions: 235mm x 158mm x 9mm

Weight: 250g

72 pages