Jillian Huntley

Archaeology and art in context

Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Date: 05-02-2020

DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0226628

Early dates for ‘Neanderthal cave art’ may be wrong

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 12-2018

DOI: 10.1016/J.JHEVOL.2018.08.004

Human responses to the late Holocene freshwater transition on the northern coastal plains of the Alligator Rivers region in western Arnhem Land

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 02-01-2020

DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2020.1764311

Taphonomy or paint recipe: In situ portable x-ray fluorescence analysis of two anthropomorphic motifs from the Woronora Plateau, New South Wales

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 12-2012

DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2012.11681952

Dating painting events through by-products of ochre processing: Borologa 1 Rockshelter, Kimberley, Australia

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 02-01-2019

DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2019.1603263

New Insights into the Rock Art of Anbangbang Gallery, Kakadu National Park

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 2020

DOI: 10.1080/00934690.2019.1698883

Rock art and frontier conflict in Southeast Asia: Insights from direct radiocarbon ages for the large human figures of Gua Sireh, Sarawak

Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Date: 23-08-2023

DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0288902

Abstract: Gua Sireh, located in western Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo), is known for its rock art. The cave houses hundreds of charcoal drawings depicting people, often with headdresses, knives and other accoutrements. Here, we present direct radiocarbon dates and pigment characterizations from charcoal drawings of two large ( cm), unique Gua Sireh human figures (anthropomorphs). To our knowledge, these are the first chronometric ages generated for Malaysian rock art, providing insights into the social contexts of art production, as well as the opportunities and challenges of dating rock art associated with the Malay/Austronesian diasporas in Southeast Asia more generally. Previous archaeological excavations revealed that people occupied Gua Sireh from around 20,000 years ago to as recently as AD 1900. The site is within Bidayuh territory, and these local Indigenous peoples recall the cave’s use as a refuge during territorial violence in the early 1800s. The age of the drawings, dated between 280 and 120 cal BP (AD 1670 to 1830), corresponds with a period of increasing conflict when the Malay elites controlling the region exacted heavy tolls on the local hill tribes. We discuss rock art production at Gua Sireh in this context of frontier conflict and Bidayuh resistance.

Characterizing Rock Art Pigments

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Date: 06-11-2017

DOI: 10.1093/OXFORDHB/9780190607357.013.48

Abstract: The materials used to make rock art contain important evidence about the cultural practices of the people who created it: their technologies, movements, and social interactions. The number of studies of archaeological pigments in the recent literature demonstrates how fruitful such enquiries can be. In this chapter, the authors discuss the physicochemical characterization of rock art pigments, outline the history of research in this area, differentiate key concepts and terminology, and describe principal methods. They conclude with illustrative case studies from France, South Africa, and Australia to demonstrate the kinds of archaeological information that can be preserved in rock art pigments.

Early human symbolic behavior in the Late Pleistocene of Wallacea

Publisher: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Date: 03-04-2017

DOI: 10.1073/PNAS.1619013114

Abstract: We present evidence from the Late Pleistocene of Sulawesi, Indonesia, where an unusually rich and unique symbolic complex was excavated from archaeological deposits spanning 30,000 to 22,000 y ago. Including previously unknown practices of self-ornamentation, used ochre, pigmented artifacts, and portable art, these findings advance our knowledge of the cultural repertoires of modern humans in Pleistocene Wallacea, including the nonparietal artworks and symbolic material culture of some of the world’s earliest known “cave artists.”

One Colour, (at Least) Two Minerals: A Study of Mulberry Rock Art Pigment and a Mulberry Pigment 'Quarry' from the Kimberley, Northern Australia

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 12-12-2015

DOI: 10.1111/ARCM.12073

A multi-technique approach to contextualising painted rock art in the Central Pilbara of Western Australia: Integrating in-field and laboratory methods

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 2020

DOI: 10.1016/J.QUAINT.2020.05.032

Palaeolithic cave art in Borneo

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Date: 07-11-2018

DOI: 10.1038/S41586-018-0679-9

Abstract: Figurative cave paintings from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi date to at least 35,000 years ago (ka) and hand-stencil art from the same region has a minimum date of 40 ka

Non-Destructive or Noninvasive? The Potential Effect of X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometers on Luminescence Age Estimates of Archaeological Samples

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 18-05-2016

DOI: 10.1002/GEA.21574

Second-hand? Insights into the age and ‘authenticity’ of colonial period rock art on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 02-2018

DOI: 10.1016/J.JASREP.2017.10.009

Case Study

Publisher: Routledge

Date: 18-07-2023

DOI: 10.4324/9781003131069-34

The effects of climate change on the Pleistocene rock art of Sulawesi

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Date: 13-05-2021

DOI: 10.1038/S41598-021-87923-3

Abstract: The equatorial tropics house some of the earliest rock art yet known, and it is weathering at an alarming rate. Here we present evidence for haloclasty (salt crystallisation) from Pleistocene-aged rock art panels at 11 sites in the Maros-Pangkep limestone karsts of southern Sulawesi. We show how quickly rock art panels have degraded in recent decades, contending that climate-catalysed salt efflorescence is responsible for increasing exfoliation of the limestone cave surfaces that house the ~ 45 to 20-thousand-year-old paintings. These artworks are located in the world’s most atmospherically dynamic region, the Australasian monsoon domain. The rising frequency and severity of El Niño-induced droughts from anthropogenic climate change (that is, higher ambient temperatures and more consecutive dry days), combined with seasonal moisture injected via monsoonal rains retained as standing water in the rice fields and aquaculture ponds of the region, increasingly provide ideal conditions for evaporation and haloclasty, accelerating rock art deterioration.

The first Australian Synchrotron powder diffraction analysis of pigment from a Wandjina motif in the Kimberley, Western Australia

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 06-2014

DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2014.11681996

Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Date: 07-2017

DOI: 10.1038/NATURE22968

Abstract: The time of arrival of people in Australia is an unresolved question. It is relevant to debates about when modern humans first dispersed out of Africa and when their descendants incorporated genetic material from Neanderthals, Denisovans and possibly other hominins. Humans have also been implicated in the extinction of Australia's megafauna. Here we report the results of new excavations conducted at Madjedbebe, a rock shelter in northern Australia. Artefacts in primary depositional context are concentrated in three dense bands, with the stratigraphic integrity of the deposit demonstrated by artefact refits and by optical dating and other analyses of the sediments. Human occupation began around 65,000 years ago, with a distinctive stone tool assemblage including grinding stones, ground ochres, reflective additives and ground-edge hatchet heads. This evidence sets a new minimum age for the arrival of humans in Australia, the dispersal of modern humans out of Africa, and the subsequent interactions of modern humans with Neanderthals and Denisovans.

Griffith University

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Australian National University

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University Of New England

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Griffith University

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Colour Change: Artistic/ritual Responses To Climate Flux In Australasia

Start Date: 2021

End Date: 2024

Funder: Australian Research Council

Waiet: Archaeology Of A Torres Strait Islander Ritual Pathway

Start Date: 2021

End Date: 2024

Funder: Australian Research Council

Ochre Origins (Part 1, PD): Analysing Early Evidence Of The Human Colonisation Of Sahul

Start Date: 2015

End Date: 2015

Funder: Australian Synchrotron

The Age And Character Of The Kimberley Rock Art Assemblage, WA

Start Date: 2013

End Date: 2013

Funder: Australian Synchrotron

Aboriginal Rock Art And Cultural Heritage Management In The Sandstone Country Of Southeast Cape York Peninsula

Start Date: 2020

End Date: 2024

Funder: Australian Research Council

Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP210102739

Start Date: 06-2021

End Date: 06-2025

Amount: $342,871.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE220100083

Start Date: 07-2022

End Date: 06-2024

Amount: $344,864.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE220100202

Start Date: 08-2022

End Date: 08-2025

Amount: $468,027.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP190100194

Start Date: 10-2020

End Date: 10-2025

Amount: $1,342,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council