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Pictures of Time Beneath
Kirsty Douglas
其他書名
Science, Heritage and the Uses of the Deep Past
出版
Csiro Publishing
, 2010-04-27
主題
Science / General
Science / History
Social Science / Archaeology
ISBN
0643101942
9780643101944
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=w2ZPzqE9_z8C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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Pictures of Time Beneath examines three celebrated heritage landscapes: Adelaide’s Hallett Cove, Lake Callabonna in the far north of South Australia, and the World Heritage listed Willandra Lakes Region of New South Wales. It offers philosophical insights into significant issues of heritage management, our relationship with Australian landscapes, and an original perspective on our understanding of place, time, nation and science. Glaciers in Adelaide, cow-sized wombats, monster kangaroos, desert dunes littered with freshwater mussels, ancient oases and inland seas: a diverse group of deep-time imaginings is the subject of this ground-breaking book. Ideas about a deep past in Australia are central to broader issues of identity, belonging, uniqueness, legitimacy and intellectual community. This journey through Australia’s natural histories examines the way landscapes and landforms are interpreted to realise certain visions of the land, the nation and the past in the context of contemporary notions of geological heritage, cultural property, cultural identity and antiquity.