Sociospatial Structures of Australian Aboriginal Settlements

摘要: This article is concerned with the 'sociospatial patterns' of Australian Aboriginal settlements, which are herein defined as division settlements into spatial zones, each occupied by an aggregate domiciliary groups and possessing some common social identity characteristic structure. It argued that sociospatial structures occurred in large camps across continent to facilitate various functions. Drawing on 15 case studies anthropological literature were researched between 1896 1988, analysis considers following principles explanations or generating devices for settlement patterns: kinship economy, sociogeographic identity, class divisions, locational principle camping direction one's country.