Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP190100724
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Dating Murujuga's Rock Art: new scientific approaches. The Dampier Archipelago is on Australia's National Heritage List because of its significant rock art and stone features. Known as Murujuga to its traditional custodians, this land- and seascape has over 1 million art works. While the scientific and cultural significance of this area is acknowledged, we still know little about the age of this landscape, the regional palaeoclimatology, and the timing and intensity of rock art production since Aboriginal people moved into this region 50,000 years ago. This project will develop new scientific approaches to direct-dating engravings and stone features, reconstruct climate from geological proxies, and model voyaging opportunities as this unique cultural estate transformed to an archipelago.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2021
End Date: 02-2026
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $1,337,900.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Palaeoclimatology | Archaeology | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology | Geochronology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage | Climate Change Models |
