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The original Australians. (Reprinted.)

Tribal distribution - Diet - Hunting - Cooking - Disease and health - Beliefs and ceremonies - Medicine and magic - Culture.

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  • "Chap. 1; First encounters, land & sea from 1605; Chap. 2; Physical characteristics - pigmentation (skin, eyes, hair, commenting on blondness in Pitjantjara tribe); distribution of hair, stature, head, teeth, extremities (growth pattern); abnormalities, mutilations, physical homogeneity, adaptation to environment; blood composition, physical aspects of reproduction, the nervous system; Chap. 3; Environment, tribal distribution, shelters; Chap. 4; Diet, hunting, cooking (comments on types of foods, preparation), fluid intake, narcotics, dietary values & deficiencies; Chap. 5; Endemic diseases, introduced diseases; part played by present-day medical services; Chap. 6; Evolution of culture, Aboriginal technology - natural tools, fire, wooden implements, use of string & cord, adhesives, shells, bones, teeth, stone; Water transport, method of constructing canoes, weapons; Chap. 7; General spirit beliefs, totemism; Cult ceremonies, totemic rites, Kunapipi details, entertainment corroborees, ceremonial mutilation (circumcision, sub-incision), views on reason for subincision, map showing distribution of both rites, note on introcision; Chap. 8; Medicine men, rain making ceremonies, love magic, black magic, notes on kurdaitcha parties death customs, mourning, burial, ritual cannibalism; Chap. 9; General notes on language; music, musical instruments, dancing; ritual objects, artistic expression - bark, rock paintings, sculpture; Chap. 10; Social organization - the tribe, tribal government, sub-groups, general tribal life; Sexual relations, conception beliefs, marriage; Status of women Chap. 11; Origin & antiquity - extra-Australian affinities, living evidence, possible ancestry, era of Aboriginal migration (Tasmania & Australia); Chap. 12; Black & white and the future - the law, reserves, missions; education, present-day problems - absorption, assimilation, integration; Front map shows sites of Anatomy Department (of the Univ. of Adelaide) expeditions - Kalumburu, Yuendumu, Haasts Bluff, Yalata, Maningrida, Beswick."
  • "Tribal distribution - Diet - Hunting - Cooking - Disease and health - Beliefs and ceremonies - Medicine and magic - Culture."@en
  • "See first edition for annotation."@en
  • "Bibliography and sources:p.265-80."
  • "Bibliography and sources:p.265-80."@en

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  • "The original australians"@es
  • "The original australians"
  • "The orginal Australians"
  • "The original Australians. (Reprinted.)"@en
  • "The Original Australians"@en
  • "The original Australians [by] A.A. Abbie"@en
  • "The original Australians"
  • "The original Australians"@en