Who Needs the Past?

Abstract

Introduction - who needs the past?, Robert Layton A child's perspective on the past - influences of home, media and school, Kathy Emmott Inuit perceptions of the past, Jack Anawak Hadzabe perceptions of their past an 11th century literary reference to prehistoric times in India, Deena Bandhu Pandey understanding Yolngu signs of the past, Nancy M.Williams and Daymbalipu Mununggurr geography and historical understanding in indigenous Colombia, Joanne Rappaport past and present of Andean Indian society - the Otovalos, Antonio Males oral tradition and the African past, Patrick Mbunwe-Samba classical Greek attitudes to the past, Brian Sparkes Ancient Egyptian concepts and uses of the past - 3rd and 2nd millennium BC evidence, John Baines beginning of agriculture - a synchronism between Puranic and archaeological evidence, Rai Gyan Narain Prasad holding on to emblems - Australian Aboriginal performances and the transmission of oral traditions, Margaaret Clunies Ross perceptions of the past among north Queensland Aboriginal people - the intrusion of Europeans and consequent social change, A.K.Chase the past as perceived by the Bali Nyonga people of Camaroon, Elias Nwana archaeology and oral traditions in the Mitongoa-Andrainjato area, Victor Raharijaona interpretations and uses of the past in modern Britain and Europe, Peter G.Stone.

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