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Chargement... Down among the wild men;: The narrative journal of fifteen years pursuing the Old Stone Age aborigines of Australia's western desertpar John Greenway
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Personal reminiscences adapted from field journals; describes work of H.M. Cooper at Hallett Cove; establishment of Tindales Kartan assemblage, trihybrid theory of population origin, Australian culture chronology (Kartan, Tartangan, Pirrian, Mudukian, Murundian); describes Umeewarra Mission, Yalata, ceremonial site similar to those described by R.H. Mathews in N.S.W.; Pitjandjara age categories & names, circumcision; discusses totemism, mythology (Wati Kutjara myth as example), ritual (Aranda contemplation of ritual objects compared to Stations of the Cross), prayer and magic; describes search for flint outcrop near Eucla; gives diagrams showing eight section & six section marriage systems; lists Pitjandjara names for grubs; gives diagram of spearthrower giving Pitjandjara names for each part & for materials used; cooking & sharing of food; diagram of marriage system of Maldjana; describes Red Ochre cult - punishment for breakers of ceremonial laws, quotes example of death of young woman at Amata; mining operations (chrysoprase) of Amata Society at Mount Davies described. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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