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Pac.GR48.N86 2018
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TITLE:
The Edge of memory : ancient stories, oral tradition and the post-glacial world / Patrick Nunn
AUTHOR:
Nunn, Patrick
PUBLISHED:
London : Bloomsburry Publishing , 2019.
DESCRIPTION:
288 p.; 24 cm.
NOTES:
In today's society it is generally the written word that holds the authority. We are more likely to trust the words found in a history textbook over the version of history retold by a friend after all, human memory is unreliable, and how can you be sure your friend hasn't embellished the facts
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?But before humans were writing down their knowledge, they were telling it to each other in the form of stories.
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This book celebrates the predecessor of written informationthe spoken word, tales from our ancestors that have been passed down, transmitting knowledge from one generation to the next.
SUBJECT:
Folklore --History.
SUBJECT:
Ocean --Folklore.
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Storytelling--History.
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Legends.
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Oral tradition.
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Oral history.
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Aboriginal Australians --Social life and customs.
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Indigenous peoples--Social life and customs.
SUBJECT:
Folklore and history.
SUBJECT:
Climatic changes.
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