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Bruising The Red Earth - Ochre mining and ritual in Aboriginal Tasmania

Bruising The Red Earth - Ochre mining and ritual in Aboriginal Tasmania
 
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A series of essays that explore the mining of red ochre by Aboriginal Tasmanians from several angles, including:
- the primacy of the colour red in human perception;
- the archaeological record that attests to its use;
- the geology and vegetation of the Gog Range that contains the Toolumbunner ochre mine; and
- a detailed technical account of the excavation of Toolumbunner and the stones used to pulverise the red mineral.

Softcover book, published 1994, 194-pages, indexed

This is an OUT OF PRINT book; it is in USED but generally good condition with some creasing of the back cover, and remmants of pencilled price on first page. Please contact the bookshop, Just Tassie Books at The Book Cellar, for additional detailed photos and description of condition.
SKU SKU19212
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Weight 0.75 kg
Author Antonio Sagona (ed)
ISBN 0522846025
 
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