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  • Quilp’s horse: Rock art and artist life-biography in Western Arnhem Land, Australia

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    Author(s)
    May, SK
    Goldhahn, J
    Rademaker, L
    Badari, G
    Taçon, PSC
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Tacon, Paul S.
    May, Sally K. K.
    Goldhahn, Joakim
    Year published
    2021
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    Abstract
    Rock art created in the recent past has often been interpreted as a passive reflec-tion of Indigenous curiosity at newly introduced phenomena. However, more recent analy-ses have tried to refigure such depictions as active and innovative artworks with social and cultural roles to play. Likewise, most contact rock art studies identify and interpret contact rock art within the clan or group context — as representations of a whole. In this paper, we broaden the conceptual framework around contact rock art to, where possible, embrace anal-yses of particular artists, their life biographies and legacies. By focusing on one known ...
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    Rock art created in the recent past has often been interpreted as a passive reflec-tion of Indigenous curiosity at newly introduced phenomena. However, more recent analy-ses have tried to refigure such depictions as active and innovative artworks with social and cultural roles to play. Likewise, most contact rock art studies identify and interpret contact rock art within the clan or group context — as representations of a whole. In this paper, we broaden the conceptual framework around contact rock art to, where possible, embrace anal-yses of particular artists, their life biographies and legacies. By focusing on one known artist and his painting of a horse in western Arnhem Land, we draw together rock art studies, eth-nography and Aboriginal life biographies to provide a more comprehensive understanding of Australian history.
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    Journal Title
    Rock Art Research
    Volume
    38
    Issue
    2
    Publisher URI
    http://www.ifrao.com/rock-art-research-journal/
    Copyright Statement
    © 2021 Archaeological Publications. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander archaeology
    Australian history
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/410186
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