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Title: Towards a chronology of engraved rock art from the Central Australian arid zone
Contributor(s): Ross, June  (author)
Publication Date: 2012
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/21358
Abstract: "Great antiquity" been claimed for the engraved rock art assemblage found in arid regions across Australia but it was not until more recently that a chronological measure was assigned to the phrase. A range of indirect evidence has led to claims that engraved assemblages may date from as early as 30,000 years ago although little direct dating of the petroglyphs has been undertaken to support such assertions. Ethnographic accounts document Indigenous informants assigning the origin and antiquity of engraved rock art to the 'Alcheringa' (Dreaming or Creation Time) or remote past. In an attempt to clarify the timing of the origins of engraved rock art assemblages in central Australia, a dating project was undertaken by Dr Mike Smith, Dr Alan Watchman and myself.
Publication Type: Book Chapter
Grant Details: ARC/DP346246
Source of Publication: L'art pléistocène dans le monde, p. 178-179
Publisher: Société Préhistorique Ariège-Pyrénées [Prehistoric Society of Ariege-Pyrenees]
Place of Publication: Tarascon-sur-Ariege, France
ISBN: 9782953114836
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 210102 Archaeological Science
210101 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 430101 Archaeological science
450102 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artefacts
450101 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander archaeology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280113 Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology
280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies
HERDC Category Description: B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book
Publisher/associated links: http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/206656618
Series Name: Préhistoire, art et sociétés
Series Number : 65-66
Editor: Editor(s): Jean Clottes
Appears in Collections:Book Chapter
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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