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Article: The Social Archaeology of Australian Indigenous Societies.(Book review)
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- Archaeology in Oceania
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- July 1, 2007
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The social archaeology of Australian Indigenous Societies Edited by Bruno David, Bryce Barker and Ian J. McNiven. Canberra, Aboriginal Studies Press, 2006. ISBN 0 85575 499 0. Pp.382. Price AUD39.95.
This book is dedicated to Harry Lourandos and his pioneering work in Australian archaeology. Although nowhere overtly stated, the book acts as a festschrift for Harry and contains papers that explicitly or implicitly pay homage to Harry's theoretical approaches to archaeology, particularly his work on intensification.
I first met Harry in 1973 when I was a first year student and Harry was a tutor in the then Department of Anthropology at the University of ...