dc.contributor.author | May, Sally K | |
dc.contributor.author | Wesley, Daryl | |
dc.contributor.author | Goldhahn, Joakim | |
dc.contributor.author | Litster, Mirani | |
dc.contributor.author | Manera, Brad | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-29T00:55:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-08-29T00:55:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1092-7697 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s10761-017-0393-6 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/345213 | |
dc.description.abstract | Depictions of firearms in Australian Aboriginal rock art provide a unique opportunity to archaeologically explore the roles that this type of material culture played in times of culture contact. From the earliest interactions with explorers to the buffalo shooting enterprises of the twentieth century—firearms played complex and shifting roles in western Arnhem Land Aboriginal societies. The site of Madjedbebe (sometimes referred to as Malakunanja II in earlier academic literature) in Jabiluka (Mirarr Country), offers the opportunity to explore these shifting roles over time with an unprecedented 16 paintings of firearms spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This rock art provides evidence for early firearms as objects of curiosity and threat to local groups, as well as evidence for later personal ownership and use of such weaponry. Moreover, we argue that the rock art suggests increasing incorporation of firearms into traditional cultural belief and artistic systems over time with Madjedbebe playing a key role in the communication of the cultural meanings behind this new subject matter. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Springer New York LLC | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 690 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 707 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 3 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | International Journal of Historical Archaeology | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 21 | |
dc.relation.uri | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/DP160101832 | |
dc.relation.grantID | DP160101832 | |
dc.relation.funders | ARC | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander archaeology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 450101 | |
dc.title | Symbols of Power: The Firearm Paintings of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II) | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
dcterms.license | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.description.version | Version of Record (VoR) | |
gro.faculty | Arts, Education & Law Group, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences | |
gro.rights.copyright | © The Author(s) 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | May, Sally K. K. | |