The texture of agency

An example of culture‐contact in central Australia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6038280
AutoresAnn Paterson (0000-0002-3370-7390, Centre for Archaeology University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway Crawley 6009 Australia, autor de correspondencia), Alistair Paterson (Centre for Archaeology University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway Crawley 6009 Australia)
Año2003
Volumen38
Número2
Páginas52-65
Fecha de publicación2003-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0728-4896 • E-ISSN: 1834-4453
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.1834-4453.2003.tb00529.x
OpenAlexW2098804813
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas21
Referencias citadas32

A regional historical archaeological analysis of Strangways Springs Station, northern South Australia, reveals the evidence for interaction in the period 1850–1900 between Aboriginal people and newly arrived European pastoralists. The evidence from campsites and worksites demonstrates differential Aboriginal involvement in the nineteenth century pastoral domain. The nature of cultural interaction changed as the pastoralists adapted and transformed their economic and social behaviour in response to the harsh Lake Eyre Basin environment and to economic and technical parameters related to the fledgling pastoral industry. The case study shows that archaeological and historical evidence each provide different perspectives on past culture contact and human agency

Agency (philosophy · Archaeological evidence · Archaeology · Art · Ethnology · Geography · Livestock · Pastoralism · Period (music · Social science · Sociology · Structural basin · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology