Abstract This paper examines the benefits of collaborative Indigenous archaeologies embedded thro... more Abstract This paper examines the benefits of collaborative Indigenous archaeologies embedded through all phases of a commercial archaeology project. A community-based structure ensures a multifaceted level of investigation without demanding any additional resources upon the client, and a place-based approach to documenting and incorporating the range of values associated with archaeological heritage delivers multiple, positive outcomes. The paper outlines the community-based management structure and methodology within which the archaeologists operate, ultimately providing for an effective platform for research, conservation and management. At an operational level this necessarily entails a process for working beyond the site to fully integrate traditional and archaeological understandings of interconnected cultural landscapes.
ABSTRACT Niche construction theory concerns the modification of environments by all organisms, an... more ABSTRACT Niche construction theory concerns the modification of environments by all organisms, and gives a new perspective on zooarchaeological records in southwest Australia. Aboriginal people in this region historically used fire to improve habitat and hunt animals, suggesting pre-European traditions of environmental management. Analysis of a new faunal record from the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Region, at the Wonitji Janga rockshelter, suggests post-European changes in Aboriginal hunting are the result of changed firing regimes or restrictions on traditional management techniques. These preliminary findings suggest that similar research planned for the Swan Coastal Plain, coupled with advances in ancient DNA analysis, will demonstrate past landscape modification.
... A Model and Case Study from South-western Australia David Guilfoyle, Bill Bennell, Wayne Webb... more ... A Model and Case Study from South-western Australia David Guilfoyle, Bill Bennell, Wayne Webb, Vernice Gillies, and Jennifer Strickland ... Vernice Gillies Menang, Custodian and chairperson of the Albany Heritage Reference Group Aboriginal Corporation. ...
This paper examines the relationship between social identity and ‘culturally defined methods of a... more This paper examines the relationship between social identity and ‘culturally defined methods of adaptation’ (CDMA) to change. Based on a case study of the Wadandi people of southwestern Australia, the spatial analysis of pre- and postcolonial settlement patterns is examined and integrated with oral histories. The purpose is to understand and document the strategies employed by the Wadandi people to maintain independence and cultural vitality in the face of massive social and economic upheaval associated with intensive colonialism. This paper argues that understanding these strategies is central to understanding both the pre- and post-contact cultural landscape and the associated range of heritage values that includes a central concept of identity. More so, the very process of engaging with archaeologists in this way, it is argued, represents another form of controlling and protecting the heritage process in a manner that strips away at the inherent colonial tendencies of the discipline itself. At a practical level, the process allows archaeologists to incorporate aspects of identity and CDMA, that simultaneously allows for the constant articulation of identity during the assessment process, and ultimately the development of more holistic significance assessments for greater protection of places and the associated values.
Abstract This paper examines the benefits of collaborative Indigenous archaeologies embedded thro... more Abstract This paper examines the benefits of collaborative Indigenous archaeologies embedded through all phases of a commercial archaeology project. A community-based structure ensures a multifaceted level of investigation without demanding any additional resources upon the client, and a place-based approach to documenting and incorporating the range of values associated with archaeological heritage delivers multiple, positive outcomes. The paper outlines the community-based management structure and methodology within which the archaeologists operate, ultimately providing for an effective platform for research, conservation and management. At an operational level this necessarily entails a process for working beyond the site to fully integrate traditional and archaeological understandings of interconnected cultural landscapes.
ABSTRACT Niche construction theory concerns the modification of environments by all organisms, an... more ABSTRACT Niche construction theory concerns the modification of environments by all organisms, and gives a new perspective on zooarchaeological records in southwest Australia. Aboriginal people in this region historically used fire to improve habitat and hunt animals, suggesting pre-European traditions of environmental management. Analysis of a new faunal record from the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Region, at the Wonitji Janga rockshelter, suggests post-European changes in Aboriginal hunting are the result of changed firing regimes or restrictions on traditional management techniques. These preliminary findings suggest that similar research planned for the Swan Coastal Plain, coupled with advances in ancient DNA analysis, will demonstrate past landscape modification.
... A Model and Case Study from South-western Australia David Guilfoyle, Bill Bennell, Wayne Webb... more ... A Model and Case Study from South-western Australia David Guilfoyle, Bill Bennell, Wayne Webb, Vernice Gillies, and Jennifer Strickland ... Vernice Gillies Menang, Custodian and chairperson of the Albany Heritage Reference Group Aboriginal Corporation. ...
This paper examines the relationship between social identity and ‘culturally defined methods of a... more This paper examines the relationship between social identity and ‘culturally defined methods of adaptation’ (CDMA) to change. Based on a case study of the Wadandi people of southwestern Australia, the spatial analysis of pre- and postcolonial settlement patterns is examined and integrated with oral histories. The purpose is to understand and document the strategies employed by the Wadandi people to maintain independence and cultural vitality in the face of massive social and economic upheaval associated with intensive colonialism. This paper argues that understanding these strategies is central to understanding both the pre- and post-contact cultural landscape and the associated range of heritage values that includes a central concept of identity. More so, the very process of engaging with archaeologists in this way, it is argued, represents another form of controlling and protecting the heritage process in a manner that strips away at the inherent colonial tendencies of the discipline itself. At a practical level, the process allows archaeologists to incorporate aspects of identity and CDMA, that simultaneously allows for the constant articulation of identity during the assessment process, and ultimately the development of more holistic significance assessments for greater protection of places and the associated values.
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