Extending the archaeological frontier
A review of work on the prehistory of North Queensland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14818102 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John B Campbell, John Campbell (0000-0002-6752-3493, James Cook University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Pages | 173-184 |
| Publication date | 1984-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Queensland Archaeological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0814-3021 • E-ISSN: 1839-339X |
| Publisher | James Cook University (PUBLISHER • AU) |
| DOI | 10.25120/qar.1.1984.216 |
| OpenAlex | W2339867276 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 20 |
Work on the archaeological frontier of the vast region known as North Queensland is still very much in its infancy, though ten years ago it had hardly even been born. As with work on the prehistory of Australia in general (Mulvaney 1971, 1975; Horton 1981a), work on the prehistory of North Queensland has had a number of "false starts". During and after the Second World War there was at times a certain limited amount of amateur interest and even the odd amateur excavation (e.g. Stephens 1945). Professional archaeological work had a "false start" in the early 1960s (Wright 1964, 1971) and then a new, more permanent start in the mid-1970s. A review of work up till 1979 may be found in Coventry et al. (1980). The early 1980s have already seen the commencement of many additional research projects, at least compared with what had happened before, though North Queensland is certainly still quite a long way from being filled up with archaeological projects. In addition to mainstream research, since about 1980 there has also been, at long last, a reasonable increase in the number of environmental impact surveys being carried out which have actually included an archaeological component, though this has sometimes been added as an afterthought. I will not attempt to review the environmental impact work, as much of it is still inaccessible and most of it only reports surface occurrences
Amateur · Archaeology · Art history · Excavation · Frontier · Geography · Mainstream · Midden · Political science · Prehistory · Wright · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Engineering · History · Law · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Index of Dates from Archaeological Sites in Queensland
“They Planned Their Calendar… They Set Up Ready for What They Wanted to Feed the Tribe”
An 11,000 BP Radiocarbon Date from the Arumvale Site, Southwestern Australia
Pleistocene rainforests
Climates of change
Fern Cave, rock art and social formations
New Pleistocene ages for backed artefact technology in Australia
Backed to the Pleistocene
Palaeo-ecology and Pleistocene human occupation in south central Tasmania
A site catchment analysis
A preliminary report on archaeological findings in Aurukun Shire, western Cape York
The 1992 archaeological surveys on Esmeralda Station, Gulf of Carpentaria
The 1984 Chillagoe surveys
Excavation of Green Ant and Echidna Shelters, Cape York Peninsula
Lithic occurences and stratigraphic problems at Turtle Rock (Hervey Range), North Queensland
New evidence from Fraser Cave for glacial age man in south-west Tasmania
Progressive contextualization
Settlement Patterns on Offshore Islands in Northeastern Queensland
New Radiocarbon Results for North Queensland Prehistory
On the Edge of the Simpson
Walkunder Arch Cave
Dugong Bones from Princess Charlotte Bay
Backed Blades in Northern Australia
Aboriginal Sites in the Hughenden Region, North Queensland Highlands
Prehistory from Antipodean Perspectives
Walga Rock and Billibilong Spring
The Seasonal Factor in Human Culture Illustrated from the Life of a Contemporary Nomadic Group
Artificial Cranial Deformation
Archaeology of the Central Queensland Highlands
A 38,000‐year‐old archaeological site at Upper Swan, Western Australia
Lithic occurences and stratigraphic problems at Turtle Rock (Hervey Range), North Queensland
The Fifth Continent
Approaches to style in lithic archaeology
| Citations per year | 0.37 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1985 - 2015 (31) |
| Highly cited | No |