The Archaeology Of Rock Art In Western Arnhem Land Australia
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The Archaeology Of Rock Art In Western Arnhem Land Australia
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Author : Bruno David
language : en
Publisher: ANU Press
Release Date : 2017-11-30
The Archaeology Of Rock Art In Western Arnhem Land Australia written by Bruno David and has been published by ANU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-30 with Social Science categories.
Western Arnhem Land, in the Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory, has a rich archaeological landscape, ethnographic record and body of rock art that displays an astonishing array of imagery on shelter walls and ceilings. While the archaeology goes back to the earliest period of Aboriginal occupation of the continent, the rock art represents some of the richest, most diverse and visually most impressive regional assemblages anywhere in the world. To better understand this multi-dimensional cultural record, The Archaeology of Rock Art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia focuses on the nature and antiquity of the region’s rock art as revealed by archaeological surveys and excavations, and the application of novel analytical methods. This volume also presents new findings by which to rethink how Aboriginal peoples have socially engaged in and with places across western Arnhem Land, from the north to the south, from the plains to the spectacular rocky landscapes of the plateau. The dynamic nature of Arnhem Land rock art is explored and articulated in innovative ways that shed new light on the region’s deep time Aboriginal history.
The Archaeology Of Rock Art
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Author : Christopher Chippindale
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998
The Archaeology Of Rock Art written by Christopher Chippindale and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Art categories.
Pictures, painted and carved in caves and on open rock surfaces, are amongst our loveliest relics from prehistory. This pioneering set of sparkling essays goes beyond guesses as to what the pictures mean, instead exploring how we can reliably learn from rock-art as a material record of distant times: in short, rock-art as archaeology. Sometimes contact-period records offer some direct insight about indigenous meaning, so we can learn in that informed way. More often, we have no direct record, and instead have to use formal methods to learn from the evidence of the pictures themselves. The book's eighteen papers range wide in space and time, from the Palaeolithic of Europe to nineteenth-century Australia. Using varied approaches within the consistent framework of informed and proven methods, they make key advances in using the striking and reticent evidence of rock-art to archaeological benefit.
Art Of The Ancestors Spatial And Temporal Patterning In The Ceiling Rock Art Of Nawarla Gabarnmang Arnhem Land Australia
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Author : Robert G. Gunn
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2018-12-31
Art Of The Ancestors Spatial And Temporal Patterning In The Ceiling Rock Art Of Nawarla Gabarnmang Arnhem Land Australia written by Robert G. Gunn and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-31 with Social Science categories.
This volume, focusing on the ceiling art at Nawarla Gabarnmang, one of the richest rock art sites in Arnhem Land (in Australia’s Northern Territory), presents a new systematic approach to the archaeological recording and documentation of rock art developed to analyse the spatial and temporal structure of complex rock art panels.
Visions From The Past
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Author : M. J. Morwood
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2002-07
Visions From The Past written by M. J. Morwood and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-07 with History categories.
Visions from the Past is a clear and comprehensive examination of Aboriginal rock art. It also provides a practical overview of precisely how and why archaeologist study prehistoric art.
Histories Of Australian Rock Art Research
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Author : Jo McDonald
language : en
Publisher: ANU Press
Release Date : 2022-09-06
Histories Of Australian Rock Art Research written by Jo McDonald and has been published by ANU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-06 with Social Science categories.
Australia has one of the largest inventories of rock art in the world with pictographs and petroglyphs found almost anywhere that has suitable rock surfaces – in rock shelters and caves, on boulders and rock platforms. First Nations people have been marking these places with figurative imagery, abstract designs, stencils and prints for tens of thousands of years, often engaging with earlier rock markings. The art reflects and expresses changing experiences within landscapes over time, spirituality, history, law and lore, as well as relationships between individuals and groups of people, plants, animals, land and Ancestral Beings that are said to have created the world, including some rock art. Since the late 1700s, people arriving in Australia have been fascinated with the rock art they encountered, with detailed studies commencing in the late 1800s. Through the 1900s an impressive body of research on Australian rock art was undertaken, with dedicated academic study using archaeological methods employed since the late 1940s. Since then, Australian rock art has been researched from various perspectives, including that of Traditional Owners, custodians and other community members. Through the 1900s, there was also growing interest in Australian rock art from researchers across the globe, leading many to visit or migrate to Australia to undertake rock art research. In this volume, the varied histories of Australian rock art research from different parts of the country are explored not only in terms of key researchers, developments and changes over time, but also the crucial role of First Nations people themselves in investigations of this key component of their living heritage.
Australian Rock Art
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Author : Robert Layton
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1992-11-27
Australian Rock Art written by Robert Layton and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-11-27 with Art categories.
A survey of Australian rock art, presenting detailed case studies revealing the significance of both recent and ancient art for Australia's living indigenous communities.
The Oxford Handbook Of The Archaeology And Anthropology Of Rock Art
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Author : Bruno David
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-10-17
The Oxford Handbook Of The Archaeology And Anthropology Of Rock Art written by Bruno David and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-17 with Social Science categories.
Rock art is one of the most visible and geographically widespread of cultural expressions, and it spans much of the period of our species' existence. Rock art also provides rare and often unique insights into the minds and visually creative capacities of our ancestors and how selected rock outcrops with distinctive images were used to construct symbolic landscapes and shape worldviews. Equally important, rock art is often central to the expression of and engagement with spiritual entities and forces, and in all these dimensions it signals the diversity of cultural practices, across place and through time. Over the past 150 years, archaeologists have studied ancient arts on rock surfaces, both out in the open and within caves and rock shelters, and social anthropologists have revealed how people today use art in their daily lives. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Rock Art showcases examples of such research from around the world and across a broad range of cultural contexts, giving a sense of the art's regional variability, its antiquity, and how it is meaningful to people in the recent past and today - including how we have ourselves tended to make sense of the art of others, replete with our own preconceptions. It reviews past, present, and emerging theoretical approaches to rock art investigation and presents new, cutting-edge methods of rock art analysis for the student and professional researcher alike.
State Of The Art
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Author : Josephine McDonald
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
State Of The Art written by Josephine McDonald and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Art categories.
Proceedings of two symposiums, TRock Art Studies in Australia and Oceania' and TThe Rock Art of Northern Australia' held at the first Australian Rock Art Research Association (AURA) Congress in Darwin in 1988. The 21 papers are supplemented by tables and detailed bibliographies. TOccasional AURA Publication' number six.
Landscapes Rock Art And The Dreaming
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Author : Bruno David
language : en
Publisher: Leicester University Press
Release Date : 2002
Landscapes Rock Art And The Dreaming written by Bruno David and has been published by Leicester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Social Science categories.
The apparent timelessness of the Dreaming of Aboriginal Australia has long mystified European observers, conjuring images of an ancient people in harmony with their surroundings. In this book, Bruno David examines the archaeological evidence for Dreaming-mediated places, rituals and symbolism. What emerges is not a static culture, but a mode of conceiving the world that emerged in its recognisable form only about 1000 years ago.
Explorations Of Variability In Australian Prehistoric Rock Engravings
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Author : Natalie R. Franklin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Explorations Of Variability In Australian Prehistoric Rock Engravings written by Natalie R. Franklin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Aboriginal Australians categories.
Acknowledging problems inherent in dating Australian rock art, Natalie Franklin approaches a group of engravings known as the `Panaramitee style' in terms of its spatial variation. By assessing the diversity and distribution of this style both regionally and on an Australian-wide scale, and by setting up a typology of these non-figurative motifs, she reveals that different motifs are emphasised in certain regions. This pattern of variability between and within regions is argued to be due to the fact that these motifs are associated with parts of Dreaming tracks which are a feature of Australian cosmology. The fact that these motifs may have a variety of meanings Franklin argues may account for their continued use over a period of at least 14,000 years.