Figures and Tables ............................................. xi
Preface ...................................................... xvii
Acknowledgements .............................................. xxi
Note on Calibration of Radiocarbon Dates ...................... xxv
1 The Archaeology of Deserts: Australia in Context ............. i
2 Deserts Past: A History of Ideas ............................ 17
3 The Empty Desert: Inland Environments Prior to People ....... 45
4 Foundations: Moving into the Deserts ........................ 70
5 Islands in the Interior: Last Glacial Aridity and Its
Aftermath ................................................... 109
6 The 'Desert Culture' Revisited: Assembling a Cultural
System ...................................................... 157
7 Rock Art and Place: Evolution of an Inscribed Landscape ..... 212
8 The Chain of Connection: Trade and Exchange across the
Interior .................................................... 266
9 The Last Millennium: Archaeology and the Classic
Ethnographies ............................................... 302
Glossary of Technical Terms .................................... 343
References ..................................................... 349
Index .......................................................... 391
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