Pioneers of the Mountain Forest

Résumé du livre

Detailed reanalysis and reconstruction of traditional territorial organization focussing on band composition and land use; includes an examination of the patrilineal band model and the history of its use; nature of range, land utilization and regional variation in band size; land ownership, nature of estate and estate group/clan organisation; role of descent ideology; includes extensive residential group censuses from published and unpublished sources, presented in tabulated form by region (Arnhem Land, Cape York, Western Desert), followed by statistical analysis of demographic and social characteristics.