Dark Emu

Description:

In this seminal book, Bruce Pascoe uncovers evidence that long before the arrival of white men, Aboriginal people across the continent were building dams and wells; planting, irrigating, and harvesting seeds, and then preserving the surplus and storing it in houses, sheds, or secure vessels; and creating elaborate cemeteries and manipulating the landscape. All of these behaviors were inconsistent with the hunter-gatherer tag, which turns out have been a convenient lie that worked to justify dispossession. --back cover

subjects: Rural Land use,  Social life and customs,  Hunting and gathering societies,  Agriculture,  Antiquities,  Aboriginal Australians,  Agriculture, australia,  Agriculture, history,  Land use, rural,  Australia, antiquities,  Australia, history,  Australia, social life and customs,  Rural Landuse

Places: Australia