The Native Tribes of Central Australia.

Book format: ePub. Elibron Classics. Replica of 1899 edition by Macmillan and Co., Ltd., London.

This is an illustrated Edition.
4 oversize maps are available as a free download.
ISBN 9781402199141 paperback
ISBN 9781402124044 hardcover


SKU: 15142
  • Author(s): Walter Spencer, Francis Gillen.
  • ISBN: 9780543012814
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Product Description

This massive anthropological study of the central Australian tribes is one of the primary sources for information on these cultures. Based on first-hand scholarly study just prior to the twentieth century, Spencer and Gillen describe their complex rituals and belief systems, including initiation ceremonies, kinship, mythology and material culture. The picture that emerges is that of a sophisticated culture living under what most others would consider very marginal conditions.
This book stands far in front of everything else written on the subject, and is an indispensable reference on Australian ethnography.

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