John Mulvaney is the founder of Australian archaeology, a frequent media commentator on current issues and the only living Australian public intellectual to have had a book entirely devoted to his work. After 40 years of university teaching and advising governments, he remains a highly respected yet controversial activist.Johan Kamminga is a consultant archaeologist, chosen by Mulvaney to assist him in surveying the last three decades of discovery.

• Preface1 The past uncovered and its ownership2 The diversity of surviving traces3 Dating the past4 Changing landscapes5 People, language and society6 Subsistence and reciprocity7 Seafarers to Sahul8 Sahul: a Pleistocene continent9 The initial colonisation10 The original Australians11 Pleistocene settlement12 Conquest of the deserts13 Pleistocene artefacts14 Holocene stone tool innovations15 Theories and models16 People of the coast17 Regional challenges and responses18 Island settlement19 Tasmania20 Art on rock21 Rock art of temperate Australia22 Rock art of trpoical Australia23 Asian and European newcomersGlossaryEndnotesReferencesIndex

John Mulvaney is the founder of Australian archaeology, a frequent media commentator on current issues and the only living Australian public intellectual to have had a book entirely devoted to his work. After 40 years of university teaching and advising governments, he remains a highly respected yet controversial activist.Johan Kamminga is a consultant archaeologist, chosen by Mulvaney to assist him in surveying the last three decades of discovery.

• Preface1 The past uncovered and its ownership2 The diversity of surviving traces3 Dating the past4 Changing landscapes5 People, language and society6 Subsistence and reciprocity7 Seafarers to Sahul8 Sahul: a Pleistocene continent9 The initial colonisation10 The original Australians11 Pleistocene settlement12 Conquest of the deserts13 Pleistocene artefacts14 Holocene stone tool innovations15 Theories and models16 People of the coast17 Regional challenges and responses18 Island settlement19 Tasmania20 Art on rock21 Rock art of temperate Australia22 Rock art of trpoical Australia23 Asian and European newcomersGlossaryEndnotesReferencesIndex

John Mulvaney is the founder of Australian archaeology, a frequent media commentator on current issues and the only living Australian public intellectual to have had a book entirely devoted to his work. After 40 years of university teaching and advising governments, he remains a highly respected yet controversial activist.Johan Kamminga is a consultant archaeologist, chosen by Mulvaney to assist him in surveying the last three decades of discovery.

• Preface1 The past uncovered and its ownership2 The diversity of surviving traces3 Dating the past4 Changing landscapes5 People, language and society6 Subsistence and reciprocity7 Seafarers to Sahul8 Sahul: a Pleistocene continent9 The initial colonisation10 The original Australians11 Pleistocene settlement12 Conquest of the deserts13 Pleistocene artefacts14 Holocene stone tool innovations15 Theories and models16 People of the coast17 Regional challenges and responses18 Island settlement19 Tasmania20 Art on rock21 Rock art of temperate Australia22 Rock art of trpoical Australia23 Asian and European newcomersGlossaryEndnotesReferencesIndex