![]() ![]() In the decades since' Australian history has been pushed back into the dizzying expanse of deep time. 'When John Mulvaney began his fieldwork in January 1956' it was widely believed that the first Australians had arrived on this continent only a few thousand years earlier. It brings to life the deep time dreaming that has changed the way many Australians relate to their continent and its enduring' dynamic human history. ![]() It explores what it means to live in a place of great antiquity' with its complex questions of ownership and identity. Deep Time Dreaming is about a slow shift in national consciousness. ![]() In this original' important book' Griffiths investigates a twin revolution- the reassertion of Aboriginal identity in the second half of the twentieth century' and the simultaneous uncovering of the traces of ancient Australia by pioneering archaeologists. ![]() Deep Time Dreaming is the passionate product of that journey. Billy Griffiths excavates two absorbing' transformative movements in twentieth-century history- the reassertion of Aboriginal identity and the uncovering of traces of ancient Australia by pioneering archaeologists. ![]()
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