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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

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Author:   Bruno David ,  Mr Paul S.C. Taçon ,  Mr Jean-Jacques Delannoy ,  Mr Jean-Michel Geneste
Publisher:   ANU Press
Imprint:   ANU Press
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9781760461614

ISBN 10:   176046161
Pages:   526
Publication Date:   30 November 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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The archaeology of western Arnhem Land's rock art Part A: Archaeology of rock art in northwestern Arnhem Land People and fish: Late Holocene rock art at Wulk Lagoon, Arnhem Land The rock art of Ingaanjalwurr, western Arnhem Land, Australia The agency of artefacts: Socio-ideological functionality and the long-necked spearthrowers of Mirarr Country, northern Australia The rock art of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II) Dynamic Figures of Mirar Country: Chaloupka's four-phase theory and the question of variability within a rock art style 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 Art and megafauna in the Top End of the Northern Territory, Australia: Illusion or reality? 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 Engineers of the Arnhem Land plateau: Evidence for the origins and transformation of sheltered spaces at Nawarla Gabarnmang Dating painted Panel E1 at Nawarla Gabarnmang, central-western Arnhem Land plateau The past 500 years of rock art at Nawarla Gabarnmang, central-western Arnhem Land Archaeology of rock art at Dalakngalarr 1, central-western Arnhem Land Determining the age of paintings at JSARN-113/23, Jawoyn Country, central-western Arnhem Land plateau Archaeology of JSARN-124 site 3, central-western Arnhem Land: Determining the age of the so-called 'Genyornis' painting

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