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  • Australian Indigenous Ochres: Use, Sourcing, and Exchange

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    Author(s)
    Huntley, Jillian
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    Huntley, Jillian
    Year published
    2021
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    Abstract
    Aboriginal Australians use ochre in varied cultural practices. It is found in the earliest to most recent archaeological sites and geographically across the wide-ranging geological and climatic contexts of the continent. Ochre’s importance in Aboriginal societies, coupled with its availability across Australia and its long-term durability, has led to a ubiquitous archaeological presence with considerable potential to study past cultural landscapes and intergroup interactions, including long-distance trade and exchange. Concentrating on scientific sourcing analyses, this article highlights the benefits of archaeopigment ...
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    Aboriginal Australians use ochre in varied cultural practices. It is found in the earliest to most recent archaeological sites and geographically across the wide-ranging geological and climatic contexts of the continent. Ochre’s importance in Aboriginal societies, coupled with its availability across Australia and its long-term durability, has led to a ubiquitous archaeological presence with considerable potential to study past cultural landscapes and intergroup interactions, including long-distance trade and exchange. Concentrating on scientific sourcing analyses, this article highlights the benefits of archaeopigment research, defining key terms (ochre, provenience, and provenance) and the technicalities of sourcing studies before discussing theoretical frameworks used in interpretations of ochre distribution patterns. The article argues that as we move away from novel studies on ethnographically well-known source locations into applied research, exceptional Australian records are well placed to investigate territoriality, mobility, intergroup and human–landscape interactions, and to explore the catalysts driving cultural diversity.
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    Book Title
    The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia and New Guinea
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    https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190095611.013.21
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    © 2021 OUP. This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter, published in The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia and New Guinea edited by McNiven, I; David, B, 9 June 2021, reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190095611.013.21
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    Archaeological science
    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander archaeology
    2101 - Archaeology
    210101 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology
    210102 - Archaeological Science
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/407357
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