Deep Time Dreaming

Uncovering Ancient Australia

De: Billy Griffiths

Narrado por: Tom Griffiths

Soon after Billy Griffiths joins his first archaeological dig as camp manager and cook, he is hooked. Equipped with a historian’s inquiring mind, he embarks on a journey through time, seeking to understand the extraordinary deep history of the Australian continent.

Deep Time Dreaming is the passionate product of that journey. It investigates a twin revolution: the reassertion of Aboriginal identity in the second half of the 20th century and the uncovering of the traces of ancient Australia.

It explores what it means to live in a place of great antiquity, with its complex questions of ownership and belonging. It is about a slow shift in national consciousness: the deep time dreaming that has changed the way many of us relate to this continent and its enduring, dynamic human history.

©2018 Billy Griffiths (P)2018 Audible, Ltd

Fascinating

For history and archaeology nerds. Written for the general public tho. 40,000 years (or more) of continuous culture.

Excellent

This book is as much about the history of archeology in Australia as it is about the archeological history of Australia. The author does a very skillful job of weaving the personalities involved in bringing the deep time history of the continent to the public, the impact that such revalations have had on the indigenous communities in particular and the country in general, plus the political repurcussions brought about by social movements fostered by the various archeological discoveries. Deep Time Dreaming is very well written and extremely well read. The author's voice and tempo perfectly match the story.

Profound and meaningful

A foundation work for understanding who we are and the importance of heritage, history and culture in grounding contemporary experience