TY  - BOOK
ED  - David, Bruno
ED  - Tacon, Paul
ED  - Delannoy, Jean-Jaques
ED  - Geneste, Jean-Michel
AB  - 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.
DO  - 10.22459/ta47.11.2017
ID  - OAPEN ID: 641504
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1030821760
KW  - rock art
KW  - arnhem land
KW  - australia
KW  - northern territory
KW  - Anthropomorphism
KW  - Beeswax
KW  - Before Present
KW  - Radiocarbon dating
KW  - Stratum
KW  - Terra Australis
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/148ba62c-a0be-439e-b19e-0b721f237832/641504.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30868
PB  - ANU Press
PY  - 2018
SN  - 9781760461614
TI  - The Archaeology of Rock Art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia (Terra Australis 47)null
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