Author: Bowdler, Sandra; Dunphy, Dorothy (illustrator); Murray, Peter (illustrator).
Title: Revealing the Past: Archaeology in Australia [Amazing Australia Series].
Description: Sydney Methuen Australia, 1985. 1st ed. Hardback small quarto, no jacket, very good condition, pictorial cover, illustrated endpapers, colour text-photos, few black & white drawings, top spine slightly bumped, small part near top of front cover little faded, bookplate front pastedown. 32 pp. This fascinating book has been written to educate young readers. It explains what archaeology is and the important part it plays in Australia in helping us to learn about our past. Examines Aboriginal lifestyles of the past, Aboriginal prehistoric art, Aborigines and Europeans. Colonial archaeology, Port Arthur, First Government House, industrial archaeology, protecting archaeological sites, how stone tools were made, maritime archaelogy, analysing the finds, the oldest sites, and changes in prehistory. ISBN: 0454008465

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