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Subtitle: material culture transformations in the Arafura Region
By: edited by Clayton Fredericksen and Ian Walters.
Contributors: Walters, Ian.; Fredericksen, Clayton.; Northern Territory University. Centre for Southeast Asian Studies.
Publisher: Northern Territory University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Darwin, N. T
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Social change -- Australia, Northern -- Case studies.; Material culture -- Australia, Northern -- Case studies.; Material culture -- Arafura Sea Region -- Case studies.; Social change -- Arafura Sea Region -- Case studies.; Material culture -- Asia, Southeastern -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"NTU Press in association with the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, NTU"--T.p.
Table of contents: title: Contents: Introduction; title: The art of concrete : monumental images and authority in eastern Indonesia / Jill Forshee and Chris Healey; title: Fishers of people : from reef fishing to refugees, the changing role of Indonesian sailors and their perahu at Ashmore Reef, North Australia / Dan Dwyer; title: Macassans and their pots in northern Australia / David Bulbeck and Barbara Rowley; title: The dragon without a crown : contexts and meanings of a Fort Dundas shako plate / Clayton Fredericksen; title: The Vietnam War and two Heger III drums in Darwin / Patricia Puig and Ian Walters; title: Rock, motar and traditions : an archaeological study of Chinese 'ovens' in the Northern Territory / Malen Bjornskov.