Ayers Rock: Its People, Their Beliefs And Their Art
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Price Clipped inside front of dust jacket
Rising in monolithic splendour from the red heart of Australia, Uluru — known to the wider world as Ayers Rock — is far more than a geological wonder; it is the living epicentre of a spiritual and cultural universe that has endured for tens of thousands of years. Charles P. Mountford, one of Australia's most celebrated anthropologists, chronicles the lives, sacred beliefs, and extraordinary artistic traditions of the Anangu people whose ancestral connection to this iconic landmark is inseparable from their very identity. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and a lifetime of scholarly immersion in Aboriginal Australia, Mountford presents an intimate and authoritative portrait of a culture at once ancient and vibrantly alive, illuminating the Dreaming stories, ceremonial practices, and intricate rock art that transform the landscape into a sacred text. Written with the meticulous detail of a scientist and the reverence of a true custodian of knowledge, this work stands as a landmark document in Australian anthropological literature, situating Ayers Rock within the broader spiritual geography of the continent. Mountford's prose is measured yet deeply evocative, drawing the reader into a world where every fissure in the rock and every painted figure on a cave wall carries the weight of creation itself. For anyone seeking to understand the profound human story embedded in Australia's most iconic landmark, this volume remains an indispensable — and deeply moving — guide.
Author: Charles P. Mountford
Format: Hardback
Published: 1965, Angus and Robertson
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Price Clipped inside front of dust jacket
Rising in monolithic splendour from the red heart of Australia, Uluru — known to the wider world as Ayers Rock — is far more than a geological wonder; it is the living epicentre of a spiritual and cultural universe that has endured for tens of thousands of years. Charles P. Mountford, one of Australia's most celebrated anthropologists, chronicles the lives, sacred beliefs, and extraordinary artistic traditions of the Anangu people whose ancestral connection to this iconic landmark is inseparable from their very identity. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and a lifetime of scholarly immersion in Aboriginal Australia, Mountford presents an intimate and authoritative portrait of a culture at once ancient and vibrantly alive, illuminating the Dreaming stories, ceremonial practices, and intricate rock art that transform the landscape into a sacred text. Written with the meticulous detail of a scientist and the reverence of a true custodian of knowledge, this work stands as a landmark document in Australian anthropological literature, situating Ayers Rock within the broader spiritual geography of the continent. Mountford's prose is measured yet deeply evocative, drawing the reader into a world where every fissure in the rock and every painted figure on a cave wall carries the weight of creation itself. For anyone seeking to understand the profound human story embedded in Australia's most iconic landmark, this volume remains an indispensable — and deeply moving — guide.