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The Languages of the Tasmanians and Their Relation to the Peopling of Australia: Sensible and Wild Theories Roger Blench 13 In this issue INTRODUCTION Introduction to Special Volume: More Unconsidered Trifl es Jane Balme & Sue O’Connor 1 ARTICLES Engendering Origins: Theories of Gender in Sociology and Archaeology Jane Balme & Chilla Bulbeck 3 The Languages of the Tasmanians and their Relation to the Peopling of Australia: Sensible and Wild Theories Roger Blench 13 Mute or Mutable? Archaeological Signifi cance, Research and Cultural Heritage Management in Australia Steve Brown 19 An Integrated Perspective on the Austronesian Diaspora: The Switch from Cereal Agriculture to Maritime Foraging in the Colonisation of Island Southeast Asia David Bulbeck 31 The Faroes Grindadráp or Pilot Whale Hunt: The Importance of its ‘Traditional’ Status in Debates with Conservationists Chilla Bulbeck & Sandra Bowdler 53 Dynamics of Dispersion Revisited? Archaeological Context and the Study of Aboriginal Knapped Glass Artefacts in Australia Martin Gibbs & Rodney Harrison 61 Constructing ‘Hunter-Gatherers’, Constructing ‘Prehistory’: Australia and New Guinea Harry Lourandos 69 Three Styles of Darwinian Evolution in the Analysis of Stone Artefacts: Which One to Use in Mainland Southeast Asia? Ben Marwick 79 Engendering Australian and Southeast Asian Prehistory ... ‘beyond epistemological angst’ Sue O’Connor 87 Northern Australian Offshore Island Use During the Holocene: The Archaeology of Vanderlin Island, Sir Edward Pellew Group, Gulf of Carpentaria Robin Sim & Lynley A. Wallis 95 More Unconsidered Trifl es? Aboriginal and Archaeological Heritage Values: Integration and Disjuncture in Cultural Heritage Management Practice Sharon Sullivan 107 Sandra Bowdler Publications 1971–2007 117 List of Referees 121 NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS 123 2008 number 67 December 2008 number 67 ISSN 0312-2417 MORE UNCONSIDERED TRIFLES: Papers to Celebrate the Career of Sandra Bowdler Jane Balme and Sue O’Connor (eds) AUSTRALIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INC. Offi ce Bearers for 2008 Position Name Address Australian Archaeology, the offi cial publication of the Editors Executive Australian Archaeological Association Inc., is a refereed Sean Ulm University of Queensland President Ian McNiven School of Geography & Environmental Science, Monash University, journal published since 1974. 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Graphic Design: Lovehate Design Printing: Screen Offset Printing TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Introduction to Special Volume: More Unconsidered Trifl es Jane Balme & Sue O’Connor 1 ARTICLES Engendering Origins: Theories of Gender in Sociology and Archaeology Jane Balme & Chilla Bulbeck 3 The Languages of the Tasmanians and their Relation to the Peopling of Australia: Sensible and Wild Theories Roger Blench 13 Mute or Mutable? Archaeological Signifi cance, Research and Cultural Heritage Management in Australia Steve Brown 19 An Integrated Perspective on the Austronesian Diaspora: The Switch from Cereal Agriculture to Maritime Foraging in the Colonisation of Island Southeast Asia David Bulbeck 31 The Faroes Grindadráp or Pilot Whale Hunt: The Importance of its ‘Traditional’ Status in Debates with Conservationists Chilla Bulbeck & Sandra Bowdler 53 Dynamics of Dispersion Revisited? Archaeological Context and the Study of Aboriginal Knapped Glass Artefacts in Australia Martin Gibbs & Rodney Harrison 61 Constructing ‘Hunter-Gatherers’, Constructing ‘Prehistory’: Australia and New Guinea Harry Lourandos 69 Three Styles of Darwinian Evolution in the Analysis of Stone Artefacts: Which One to Use in Mainland Southeast Asia? Ben Marwick 79 Engendering Australian and Southeast Asian Prehistory ... ‘beyond epistemological angst’ Sue O’Connor 87 Northern Australian
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