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  • The archaeology of western Arnhem Land's rock art

    Author(s)
    David, Bruno
    Tacon, Paul
    Gunn, Robert
    Delannoy, Jean-Jacques
    Geneste, Jean-Michel
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Tacon, Paul S.
    Year published
    2017
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    Abstract
    Western Arnhem Land, in the Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory, holds a special place in the history of Australian archaeology. Over 65 years of research since the late 1940s has led to numerous rockshelters being excavated and the documentation of an astonishing array of imagery on shelter walls and ceilings (Figure 1.1). Arnhem Land’s spectacular rocky landscapes, home to rare flora and fauna, hold one of the richest and longest archaeological records in Australia. To the broader world remote and rugged in its physical state, Arnhem Land was transformed over tens of thousands of years of Aboriginal settlement into ...
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    Western Arnhem Land, in the Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory, holds a special place in the history of Australian archaeology. Over 65 years of research since the late 1940s has led to numerous rockshelters being excavated and the documentation of an astonishing array of imagery on shelter walls and ceilings (Figure 1.1). Arnhem Land’s spectacular rocky landscapes, home to rare flora and fauna, hold one of the richest and longest archaeological records in Australia. To the broader world remote and rugged in its physical state, Arnhem Land was transformed over tens of thousands of years of Aboriginal settlement into sequential networks of cultural landscapes, clan estates, sacred sites and places imbued with complex history. Its rock art is amongst the richest, most diverse and visually most impressive regional assemblage anywhere in the world. Themes in recent rock art research include detailed analysis of changing subject matter, radiocarbon dating of beeswax figures, Harris Matrix sequences and excavating in deposits under painted surfaces – all further developed in this monograph.
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    Book Title
    The Archaeology of Rock Art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia
    Publisher URI
    http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/TA47.11.2017
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.22459/TA47.11.2017.01
    Subject
    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/370046
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