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Book reviewed in this article: Prehistoric Societies . By Grahame Clark and Stuart Piggott Rethinking Archaeology . By K. C. Chang Kinship and Conflict: A Study of an Aboriginal Community in Northern Arnhem Land . By L. R. Hiatt Songs from the Northern Territory: Companion Booklet for Five 12-inch L.P. Discs . By Alice M. Moyle Choiseul Island Social Structure . By H. W. Scheffler     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Ethnology: Australian Aboriginal Paintings in Western and Central Arnhem Land: Temporal Sequences and Elements of Style in Cadell River and Deaf Adder Creek Art. E. J. Brandl
Ethnology: Kilenge Art and Life: A Look at a New Guinea People. Philip J. C. Dark     

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Books reviewed in this article:
PLANT LIFE IN ANAEROBIC ENVIRONMENTS . Editer by D onald D. H ook and R. M. M. C rawford     

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Book reviewed in this articles:
Plant Pathology. By Sir E dwin B utler AND S. G. J ones
The Theory of Inbreeding. By R. A. F isher . Pp. viii+120
Report for the Years 1946–1948. Mushroom Research Station
The Natural Vegetation of the Windward and Leeward Islands. By J. S. B eard . Pp. 192, with 52 illustrations including 8 plates
Heavy Metal Prosthetic Groups and Enzyme Action. By O tto W arburg
An Introduction to Plant Biochemistry. By C atherine C. S teele
Fungi and Plant Disease. By B. B. M undkur
An Introduction to Vertebrate Embryology. By H. L. W eimann
Tomato Diseases. An Illustrated Guide to their Recognition and Control. By R obert M c K ay     

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Book reviewed in this article: People Without Government. An Anthropology of Anarchism. By Harold Barclay The Anarchists of Casas Viejas. By Jerome R. Mintz Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences. Essays on Language, Action and Interpretation. By Paul Ricoeur. Edited, translated and introduced by John B. Thompson The Anthropological Circle. Symbol, Function, History. By Marc Auge Sciences and Cultures. Anthropological and Historical Studies of the Sciences. Edited by Everett Mendelsohn and Yehuda Elkana Australian Sociologies. By Diane J. Austin. George Allen & Unwin Social Inequality in Australian Society. By John S. Western Which Way Is Up? Essays on Class, Sex and Culture. By R. W. Connell. George Allen and Unwin The Australian Journal of Historical Archaeology, Volume 1, January 1983. Edited by Graham E. Connah Pacific Cultural Material in New Zealand Museums. By Roger Neich A Prehistory of Australia, New Guinea and Sahul. By Peter White with James F. Connell The Alligator Rivers: Prehistory and Ecology in Western Arnhem Land. By Carmel Schrire Reward and Punishment in Arnhemland 1962–1963. By Edgar Wells Daughters of the Dreaming. By Diane Bell We Are Bosses Ourselves. The Status and Role of Aboriginal Women Today. Edited by Fay Gale Sorcerers and Healing Spirits. Continuity and Change in an Aboriginal Medical System. By Janice Reid Languages of Kinship in Aboriginal Australia. Edited by Jeffrey Heath, Francesca Merlan and Alan Rumsey Searching for Aboriginal Languages: Memoirs of a Field Worker. By Bob Dixon Vanuatu: Politics, Economics and Ritual in Island Melanesia. Edited by Michael Allen Gifts and Commodities. By C. A. Gregory The Political Economy of the South Pacific. By Michael C. Howard To Find the Baruya Story. A film by Allison and Marek Jablonko and Stephen Olsson. Her Name Came on Arrows. A film by Allison and Marek Jablonko and Stephen Olsson.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Land and People of Northeast Brazil. By Manuel Correia de Andrade Development and Dependency. The Political Economy of Papua New Guinea. By Azeem Amarshi Australian Imperialism in the Pacific. The Expansionist Era 1820–1920. By Roger C. Thompson Law and State in Papua New Guinea. By Peter Fitzpatrick The Voice of Tambaran. Truth and Illusion in Ilahita Arapesh Religion. By Donald F. Tuzin Social Organization in Aboriginal Australia. By Warren Shapiro The Camp at Wallaby Cross: Aboriginal Fringe Dwellers in Darwin. By Basil Sansom Oenpclli Bark Painting. By The Aboriginal Arts Board. Paul Hamlyn The Languages of Australia. By R. M. W. Dixon The World as a Company Town: Multinational Corporations and Social Change. Edited by Ahmed Idris-Soven Hunters, pastoralists and ranchers. By Tim Ingold Green and Pleasant Land? Social Change in Rural England. By Howard Newby Rural Sociology in the Soviet Union. Its History and Basic Concepts. By Terence M. Cox. C. Hurst Challenging Anthropology: A Critical Approach to Social Anthropology. Edited by David H. Turner and Gavin A. Smith Marxism and Anthropology: The Concept of ‘Human Essence’ in the Philosophy of Marx. By George Markus Ideology and Everyday Life: Anthropology, Neo-marxist Thought, and the Problem of Ideology and the Social Whole. By Steve Barnett and Martin G. Silverman Patterns of the Past: Studies in Honour of David Clarke. Edited by I. Hodder, G. Isaac and N. Hammond     

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Book reviewed in this article: Understanding Our Culture. By Wendell H. Oswalt The Elementary Structuree of Kinehip Claude Uvi-Strauss. Translated by J. H. B Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and Its Implications. By Louis Dumont. Translated by Mark Sainsbury Religion, Politics and History in India: Collected Papers in Indian Sociology. By Louis Dumont Australian Aboriginal Anthropology: Modern Studies in the Social Anthropology of the Australian Aborigines. Edited by Ronald M. Berndt Aboriginal Advancement to Integration: Conditions and Plans for Western Australia (Aborigines in Australian Society 5). By H. P. Schapper The Dugum Dani. By Karl G. Heider Myths and Legends of Torres Strait. Land Tenure in the Pacific. Edited by Ron Crocombe The Trading Voyages of Andrew Cheyne, 1841–1844. Edited by Dorothy Shineberg. Shirley Baker and the King of Tonga. By Noel Rutherford Traditional Maori Clothing . By S. M. Mead. A. H. and A. W. Reed A Portuguese Rural Society. By Jose Cuti-neiro Field Linguistics: A Guide to Linguistic Fieldwork. By William J. Samarin The Roots of Mankind. By John Napier The Treponematosis of Tahiti. Its origin and evolution: a study of the sources. By Isaac van der Sluis. B. M. Israel N.V Aspects of Prehistory. By Grahame Clark The Archaeology of Early Man. By J. M. Coles and E. S. Higgs Fashion of Law in New Guinea. Edited by B. J. Brown Moon and Rainbow: The Autobiography of an Aboriginal. By Dick Roughsey. A. H. and A. W. Reed     

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Glossary of the British Flora . By H. G ilbert -C arter
Recent Advances in the Embryology of Angiosperms . Edited by P. M aheshwari
The Geography of the Flowering Plants . By R onald G ood
Genetics and Breeding of Rice , By M. F. C handraratna
Coastal Vegetation . By V. J. C hapman
Phytochemistry . Edited by H. R. A rthur
Die Pilze. By E rnst G aumann
Manometric Techniques . By W. W. U mbreit , R. H. B urris and J. F. S tauffer     

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Book reviewed in this article: Buying Back the Land: Organisational Struggle and the Aboriginal Land Fund Commission Marks in Place: Contemporary Responses to Rock Art By Linda Connor, Rick Dingus, Steve Fitch, John Pfahl and Charles Roitz The Gift of Kinship: Structure and Practice in Maring Social Organization Enterprising Women: Ethnicity, Economy, and Gender Relations Edited by Sallie Westwood and Parminder Bhachu Routledge The Culture of Capitalism By Alan Macfarlane Division of Labour By R.E. Pahl Fluid Signs. Being a Person the Tamil Way By E.V. Daniel Women in Rice Farming. Proceedings of a Conference on Women in Rice Farming Systems, the International Rice Research Institute, Manilla Women in Prehistory By Margaret Ehrenberg The Speaking Land: Myth and Story in Aboriginal Australia By R.M. and C.H. Berndt Choice and Morality in Anthropological Perspective. Essays in Honor of Derek Freeman Edited by G.N. Appell and N.T. Madan Aboriginality: Contemporary Aboriginal Paintings and Prints By Jennifer Isaacs To Speak in Pairs. Essays on the Ritual Languages of Eastern Indonesia Edited by James J. Fox Hunter-gatherers Today: an Aboriginal Economy in North Australia By J.C. Altman The Evolution of Highland Papua New Guinea Societies By D.K. Feil Dreaming, Anthropological and Psychological Interpretations Edited by Barbara Tedlock Made in Niugini: Technology in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea By Paul Sillitoe Peasant Pedlars and Professional Traders: Subsistence Trade in Rural Markets of Minahasa, Indonesia By Ulrich Mai and Helmut Bucholt Creating Culture: Profiles in the study of culture Edited by Diane J. Austin-Broos The How of the Fox: Tropical Forests, the World Bank, and Indigenous People in Central India Robert S. Anderson and Walter Huber And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the Aids Epidemic Randy Shilts     

Book Notes

The Systems of Land Tenure in the Kikuyu Land Unit . H. E. L ambert
Hawaiian Antiquities (Moolelo Hawaii ). D avid M alo
Navaho Means People . L eonard M c C ombe , E von Z. V ogt , and C lyde K luckhohn
Paradox and Nirvana . R obert L awson S later
The North American Buffalo. A Critical Study of the Species in Its Wild State . F rank G ilbert R oe
The Wulfing Plates: Products of Prehistoric Americans . V irginia D rew W atson
The Medora Site. West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana . G eorge I. Q uimby
The Crable Site, Fulton County, Illinois. A Late Prehistoric Site in the Central Illinois Valley . H ale G illiam S mith
Archaeology of the Columbia-Fraser Region . M arian W. S mith
Cattle Point: A Stratified Site in the Southern Northwest Coast Region . A rden R. K ing
Hyperbrachycephaly as Influenced by Cultural Conditioning . J. F ranklin E wing
Surgery of the Shoulder . A. F. D e P alma
The Mark of Oppression, A Psychological Study of the American Negro . A bram K ardiner and L ionel O vesey
Race Relations: The Interaction of Ethnic Groups . B rewton B erry
The Sociology of Georg Simmel . Translated, edited, and with an introduction by K urt H. W olff
Social Behavior and Personality: Contributions of W. I. Thomas to Theory and Social Research . Edited by E dmund H. V olkart
Handbook of Latin American Studies : 1948, No. 14. F rancisco A guilera , ed
Area Studies in American Universities . W endell C. B ennett     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Introduction to Fungi. By J ohn W ebster .
Funktionelle Histologie der sekundaren Sprossachse . I. Das Holz . By H. J. B raun .
Methods in Plant Pathology By Z. K iraly , Z. K lement , F. S olymosy and J. V oros .
The Phloem. By K atherine E sau .
British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti. 1. Boletaceae, Gomphidiaceae, Paxillaceae . By R. W atling . Ed. by D. M. H enderson , P. D. O rton and R. W atling .     

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Practical Lawn Craft. By R. B. D awson . Foreword by R. G. S tapledon .
An Introduction to Industrial Mycology. By G. S mith .
Cattle Fodder and Human Nutrition: with special reference to Biological Nitrogen Fixation. By A rtturi I. V irtanen .
Coffee in Kenya. By the Staff of the Scott Agricultural Laboratories and the Agricultural Economist, Department of Agriculture, Kenya, with a contribution by the Director of the British East African Meteorological Service. Edited by J. M c D onald .
Third Conference on Cotton Growing Problems: Report and Summary of Proceedings. Pp.
Plant Injection for Diagnostic and Curative Purposes. By W. A. R oach .
Plant Physiology. By E. C. M iller .
Principles of Genetics. By E. W. S innott and L. C. D unn .
The Genetics of Garden Plants. By M. B. C rane and W. J. C. L awrence .
The Cultivation of Succulents , By H. J acobsen . Authorised translation by V era H iggins .
Research and Statistical Methodology: Books and Reviews , 1933-8. Edited by O. K. B uros .
Methods and Material for Teaching Biological Sciences. By D. F. M iller and G. W. B laydes .     

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Protoplasmatische Pflanzenanatomie. By L otte R euter .
Laboratory Plant Physiology. By B ernard S, M eyer , D onald B. A nderson and C arroll A. S wanson .
Grundriss der Mikrobiologie. B y A ugust R ippel -B aldes .
Modern Methods of Plant Analysis. Edited by K. P aech and M. V. T racey .     

Land management affects grass biomass in the Eucalyptus tetrodonta savannas of monsoonal Australia

Abstract We surveyed herbaceous biomass across the range of Eucalyptus tetrodonta savannas in north‐western Australia. Sample sites (n = 211) were stratified within four broad geographical regions characterized by different mixes of land management regimes. Grasses dominated (87% mean) the herbaceous biomass. After controlling for climatic and edaphic gradients, herbaceous biomass was highest in the Greater Darwin region (2.2 t ha⁻¹) which is managed predominantly by Europeans, and least under semi‐traditional Aboriginal management in Arnhem Land region (1.1 t ha⁻¹). In the drier Gulf of Carpentaria and Kimberley regions, where a mix of Aboriginal, conservation and pastoral land uses occurs, fuel loads were higher than in Arnhem Land region but still considerably lower than around Darwin. Sarga was recorded in all regions except the Gulf of Carpentaria and had the highest biomass in Darwin (0.88 t ha⁻¹) and lowest biomass in the Kimberley (0.54 t ha⁻¹). The proportion of herbaceous biomass made up of perennial grasses was least in Darwin (17%) and greatest in the Gulf (77%) regions. We suggest that climate, soils and land management account for differences between the drier pastoral regions of the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Kimberley and the wet Greater Darwin region relative to the Arnhem Land region. The high frequency, and larger spatial scale, of fires in the Greater Darwin region relative to the Arnhem Land region underpins the contrasting trends in total herbaceous biomass and abundance of flammable annual grasses.     

Aboriginal preparation ofCycas seeds in Australia1

The seeds of cycad plants are a toxic food used by many Aboriginal groups in northern Australia. Acute symptoms produced after consumption of untreated Cycas seeds are due to azoxyglycosides, especially cycasin, although the toxic dose depends on the animal species tested. There are three traditional methods used to treat these seeds: brief leaching in water; prolonged leaching in water; and aging. Aboriginal people living at Donydji outstation in northeast Arnhem Land, most regularly consume aged seeds ofCycas angulata R.Br. Analyses of fresh seeds and seeds prepared at Donydji and in the laboratory indicate that cycasin is effectively removed by all the traditional preparation techniques, although each technique has an end product with different storage and handling properties. The social implications of processing need further elaboration, but these techniques have a long history and archaeological remains of seeds in Australia may date back to the Pleistocene.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Plant Cells . By F. A. L. C lowes and B. E. J uniper .
The History of British Vegetation . By W inifred P ennington . Modern Biology: General Editor J. E. W ebb .
Flora Europaea , Vol. II. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae . Ed. by T. G. T utin , V. H. H eywood , N. A. B urges , D. M. M oore , D. H. V alentine , S. M. W alters and D. A. W ebb .
Desert Wild Flowers . By E dmund J aeger .
British Mosses and Liverworts . By E. V. W atson .
Anatomy of the Monocotyledons , Vol. III. Commelinales—Zingiberales . By P. B. T omlinson . General Editor C. R. M etcalfe .
Biological Science—The Web of Life . Supervising Editor, D. M organ .
Plant Chimeras . By W. N eilson -J ones .
The Potatoes of Argentine, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, a Biosystematic Study . By J. G. H awkes and J. P. H jerting .
Towards an Understanding of the Mechanism of Heredity . By H. L. K. W hitehouse .
Viruses in Plant Hosts; Form, Distribution and Pathologic Effects . By K atherine E sau .
An Introduction to Industrial Mycology . By G eorge S mith .     

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Conditioned Reflexes and Neuron Organization. By J. K onorski
The Diseases of the Flax Plant (Linum usitatissimum Linn. ) By A rthur E. M uskett and J ohn C olhoun . Pp. 112. Belfast: W. and G. Baird, Ltd. 1947. 21 s .: Flax Diseases. By R. M c K ay
Scientific Horticulture.
Chemistry of Insecticides, Fungicides and Herbicides. By D onald E. H. F rear     

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Les Associations Végétales de la Vallée Moyenne du Niger. By G. R oberty .
Botany, Principles and Problems. By E dmund W. S innott .
A Textbook of Systematic Botany. By D eane B. S wingle .
Botany by Observation: A Text-Book for Australian Schools. By G ladys C arey
A Botanical Bibliography of the Islands of the Pacific. By E lmer D. M errill ; and a Subject Index to the same, by E. H. W alker .
Advances in Genetics. Vol. i. Edited by M. DEMEREC.
Woodland Mosses. By H. W atson .
The Evolution of Gossypium and the Differentiation of the Cultivated Cottons. By J. B. H utchinson , R. A. S ilow and S. G. S tephens .
Ancient Plants and the World They Live in. By H enry N. A ndrews .
The Arboretums and Botanical Gardens of North America. By D onald W yman .
Practical Plant Anatomy . By A driance S. F oster .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Mushrooms and Truffles: Botany, Cultivation and Utilization . By R. S inger .
The Development of Agriculture and Forestry in the Tropics . By J ohn P hillips .
Electrolytes and Plant Cells . By G. E. B riggs , A. B. H ope and R. N. R obertson .
On Growth and Form . By the late S ir D'ARCY W entworth T hompson . An abridged edition, prepared by J. T. Bonner.
Sol, Microflore et Vegetation . By B ernard B oullard and R ichard M oreau .
Erläuterungen zur Vegatationskarte der Schweiz . By E mil S chmid .
Plants, Viruses and Insects . By K atherine E sau .
Mechanisms in Biological Competition . Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology. No. 15. Edited by F. L. M ilthorpe .
Anatomy of the Monocotyledons , vol. 2. Palmae. By P. B. T omlinson .
Morphology of the Angiosperms . By A. J. E ames .