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Title The archaeology of rock art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia / edited by Bruno David, Paul S.C. Taçon, Jean-Jacques Delannoy and Jean-Michel Geneste.

Publication Info. Canberra, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2017.
©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 499 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Terra Australis ; no. 47
Terra Australis ; no. 47.
Summary 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.
Contents The archaeology of western Arnhem Land's rock art / Bruno David, Paul S.C. Taçon, Robert Gunn, Jean-Jacques Delannoy and Jean-Michel Geneste -- Part A: Archaeology of rock art in northwestern Arnhem Land. People and fish: Late Holocene rock art at Wulk Lagoon, Arnhem Land / Daryl Wesley, Tristen Jones and Rose Whitau -- The rock art of Ingaanjalwurr, western Arnhem Land, Australia / Sally K. May, Denis Shine, Duncan Wright, Tim Denham, Paul S.C. Taçon, Melissa Marshall, Inés Domingo Sanz, Faye Prideaux and Sean Paul Stephens -- The agency of artefacts: Socio-ideological functionality and the long-necked spearthrowers of Mirarr Country, northern Australia / John A. Hayward -- The rock art of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II) / Sally K. May, Paul S.C. Taçon, Duncan Wright, Melissa Marshall, Joakim Goldhahn and Inés Domingo Sanz -- Dynamic Figures of Mirar Country: Chaloupka's four-phase theory and the question of variability within a rock art style / Iain G. Johnston, Joakim Goldhahn and Sally K. May -- How old is X-ray art? Minimum age determinations for early X-ray rock art from the 'Red Lily' (Wulk) Lagoon rock art precinct, western Arnhem Land / Tristen Jones, Vladimir Levchenko and Daryl Wesley -- Art and megafauna in the Top End of the Northern Territory, Australia: Illusion or reality? / Paul S.C. Taçon and Steve Webb -- Part B: Archaeology of rock art on the central-western Arnhem Land plateau. Postcards from the outside: European-contact rock art imagery and occupation on the southern Arnhem Land plateau, Jawoyn lands / Robert Gunn, Bruno David, Ray Whear, Daniel James, Fiona Petchey, Emilie Chalmin, Géraldine Castets, Bryce Barker, Jean-Michel Geneste and Jean-Jacques Delannoy -- Engineers of the Arnhem Land plateau: Evidence for the origins and transformation of sheltered spaces at Nawarla Gabarnmang / Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Bruno David, Jean-Michel Geneste, Margaret Katherine, Benjamin Sadier and Robert Gunn -- Dating painted Panel E1 at Nawarla Gabarnmang, central-western Arnhem Land plateau / Bruno David, Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Robert Gunn, Emilie Chalmin, Géraldine Castets, Fiona Petchey, Ken Aplin, Magen O'Farrell, Ian Moffat, Jerome Mialanes, Jean-Michel Geneste, Bryce Barker, Benjamin Sadier, Margaret Katherine, Meropi Manataki and Ursula Pietrzak -- The past 500 years of rock art at Nawarla Gabarnmang, central-western Arnhem Land / Robert Gunn, Bruno David, Jean-Jacques Delannoy and Margaret Katherine -- Archaeology of rock art at Dalakngalarr 1, central-western Arnhem Land / Daniel James, Bruno David, Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Robert Gunn, Alexandria Hunt, Ian Moffat, Nadia Iacono, Sean Paul Stephens and Margaret Katherine -- Determining the age of paintings at JSARN-113/23, Jawoyn Country, central-western Arnhem Land plateau / Bruno David, Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Robert Gunn, Liam M. Brady, Fiona Petchey, Jerome Mialanes, Emilie Chalmin, Jean-Michel Geneste, Ian Moffat, Ken Aplin and Margaret Katherine -- Archaeology of JSARN-124 site 3, central-western Arnhem Land: Determining the age of the so-called 'Genyornis' painting / Bryce Barker, Lara Lamb, Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Bruno David, Robert Gunn, Emilie Chalmin, Géraldine Castets, Ken Aplin, Benjamin Sadier, Ian Moffat, Jerome Mialanes, Margaret Katherine, Jean-Michel Geneste and Stéphane Hoerlé.
The archaeology of western Arnhem Land's rock art / Bruno David, Paul S.C. Tac⁺ʹon, Robert Gunn, Jean-Jacques Delannoy and Jean-Michel Geneste -- Part A: Archaeology of rock art in northwestern Arnhem Land. People and fish: Late Holocene rock art at Wulk Lagoon, Arnhem Land / Daryl Wesley, Tristen Jones and Rose Whitau -- The rock art of Ingaanjalwurr, western Arnhem Land, Australia / Sally K. May, Denis Shine, Duncan Wright, Tim Denham, Paul S.C. Tac⁺ʹon, Melissa Marshall, Ine⁺ѓs Domingo Sanz, Faye Prideaux and Sean Paul Stephens -- The agency of artefacts: Socio-ideological functionality and the long-necked spearthrowers of Mirarr Country, northern Australia / John A. Hayward -- The rock art of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II) / Sally K. May, Paul S.C. Tac⁺ʹon, Duncan Wright, Melissa Marshall, Joakim Goldhahn and Ine⁺ѓs Domingo Sanz -- Dynamic Figures of Mirar Country: Chaloupka's four-phase theory and the question of variability within a rock art style / Iain G. Johnston, Joakim Goldhahn and Sally K. May -- How old is X-ray artMinimum age determinations for early X-ray rock art from the 'Red Lily' (Wulk) Lagoon rock art precinct, western Arnhem Land / Tristen Jones, Vladimir Levchenko and Daryl Wesley -- Art and megafauna in the Top End of the Northern Territory, Australia: Illusion or reality/ Paul S.C. Tac⁺ʹon and Steve Webb -- Part B: Archaeology of rock art on the central-western Arnhem Land plateau. Postcards from the outside: European-contact rock art imagery and occupation on the southern Arnhem Land plateau, Jawoyn lands / Robert Gunn, Bruno David, Ray Whear, Daniel James, Fiona Petchey, Emilie Chalmin, Ge⁺ѓraldine Castets, Bryce Barker, Jean-Michel Geneste and Jean-Jacques Delannoy -- Engineers of the Arnhem Land plateau: Evidence for the origins and transformation of sheltered spaces at Nawarla Gabarnmang / Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Bruno David, Jean-Michel Geneste, Margaret Katherine, Benjamin Sadier and Robert Gunn -- Dating painted Panel E1 at Nawarla Gabarnmang, central-western Arnhem Land plateau / Bruno David, Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Robert Gunn, Emilie Chalmin, Ge⁺ѓraldine Castets, Fiona Petchey, Ken Aplin, Magen O'Farrell, Ian Moffat, Jerome Mialanes, Jean-Michel Geneste, Bryce Barker, Benjamin Sadier, Margaret Katherine, Meropi Manataki and Ursula Pietrzak -- The past 500 years of rock art at Nawarla Gabarnmang, central-western Arnhem Land / Robert Gunn, Bruno David, Jean-Jacques Delannoy and Margaret Katherine -- Archaeology of rock art at Dalakngalarr 1, central-western Arnhem Land / Daniel James, Bruno David, Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Robert Gunn, Alexandria Hunt, Ian Moffat, Nadia Iacono, Sean Paul Stephens and Margaret Katherine -- Determining the age of paintings at JSARN-113/23, Jawoyn Country, central-western Arnhem Land plateau / Bruno David, Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Robert Gunn, Liam M. Brady, Fiona Petchey, Jerome Mialanes, Emilie Chalmin, Jean-Michel Geneste, Ian Moffat, Ken Aplin and Margaret Katherine -- Archaeology of JSARN-124 site 3, central-western Arnhem Land: Determining the age of the so-called 'Genyornis' painting / Bryce Barker, Lara Lamb, Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Bruno David, Robert Gunn, Emilie Chalmin, Ge⁺ѓraldine Castets, Ken Aplin, Benjamin Sadier, Ian Moffat, Jerome Mialanes, Margaret Katherine, Jean-Michel Geneste and Ste⁺ѓphane Hoerle⁺ѓ.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Subject Archaeology -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
Archaeology.
Australia.
Rock paintings -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
Rock paintings.
Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
Art, Aboriginal Australian.
Painting, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Arnhem Land (N.T.)
Painting, Aboriginal Australian.
Historic sites -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
Historic sites.
Northern Territory.
Arnhem Land (N.T.)
Indexed Term Australian
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author David, Bruno, editor.
Taçon, Paul S. C. (Paul Stephen Charles), 1958- editor.
Delannoy, Jean-Jacques, editor.
Geneste, Michel, editor.
Australian National University Press.
Other Form: Print version: Archaeology of rock art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia. Canberra, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2017 (DLC) 2018404284
ISBN 9781760461621 (electronic book)
1760461628 (electronic book)
9781760461614 (paperback)
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