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0000-0003-4707-8094
Current Organisations
Instituciò Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats
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Universitat de Barcelona
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Archaeology | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2018
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 08-2015
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2020
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 30-09-2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2020
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 06-03-2017
DOI: 10.1093/OXFORDHB/9780190607357.013.37
Abstract: This chapter examines the how and why of rock art recording by focussing on the tools and recording strategies available to researchers as well as their strengths and weaknesses, with particular emphasis on the role of the digital revolution. The discussion overviews factors considered when recording rock art, along with some of the reasons that rock art recording projects are undertaken. The chapter then turns to other factors, challenges, and unforeseen events that can impact rock art recording projects, paying attention to site context and the motifs themselves. It also explores the use of photography, video recording, computer enhancement techniques, and digital modeling in documenting rock art sites the most common forms of damage that recorders may inflict where and how records of sites and motifs are stored and who should be able to access these records and how. The chapter concludes with a future outlook for documenting rock art sites.
Publisher: Antiquity Publications
Date: 21-11-2016
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-10-2017
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 14-07-2020
DOI: 10.1007/S10816-020-09465-8
Abstract: Using an ethnographic approach, this research assesses common assumptions in rock art research in terms of their validity for Aboriginal rock art sites in the Barunga region of the Northern Territory, Australia. In particular, we assess the potential and limits of the commonly held assumption that open or restricted access to sites and/or the meaning of motifs can be assessed by determining the visibility of the site or image within the landscape. This research calls into question some assumptions that are core to contemporary archaeological method and theory. Our results challenge the notion that a secluded location, or difficulty of access, is needed to restrict access to a site. “Hidden” sites do not need to be hidden, as site access is controlled by a plethora of cultural rules. Moreover, sites that appear to be hidden within the landscape may be open access sites, although access may be restricted for periods of time. Conversely, sites that are visible and accessible from a landscape perspective can be subject to restricted access, regulated through social rules. In addition, the results question the notion that the control of secret information in rock art sites is determined by the visibility and location of motifs and sites. Hidden meanings are not necessarily related to hidden locations or the low visibility of the art, since cultures can have many other ways of hiding meaning. Finally, the results of this study challenge the commonly held dichotomy between sacred/restricted access and secular/open access.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 14-08-2017
DOI: 10.1017/S095977431700052X
Abstract: Early depictions of anthropomorphs in rock art provide unique insights into life during the deep past. This includes human engagements with the environment, socio-cultural practices, gender and uses of material culture. In Australia, the Dynamic Figure rock paintings of Arnhem Land are recognized as the earliest style in the region where humans are explicitly depicted. Important questions, such as the nature and significance of body adornment in rock art and society, can be explored, given the detailed nature of the human figurative art and the sheer number of scenes depicted. In this paper, we make a case for Dynamic Figure rock art having some of the earliest and most extensive depictions of complex anthropomorph scenes found anywhere in the world.
Publisher: JSTOR
Date: 12-2002
DOI: 10.2307/3888861
Publisher: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Date: 1970
DOI: 10.5209/CMPL.58431
Abstract: Este artículo reflexiona de manera crítica sobre el potencial de la investigación etnoarqueológica para contribuir a la comprensión de los procesos de creación y el uso del arte rupestre. A diferencia de la mayor parte de los estudios arqueológicos, centrados en el estudio de materiales y objetos separados de sus autores desde hace mucho tiempo, la investigación etnoarqueológica implica trabajar con personas y restos contemporáneos y requiere una atención a sensibilidades culturales que pueden ser notablemente distintas a las del investigador. Por ello, también reflexionaremos sobre las implicaciones éticas y metodológicas de este tipo de investigación, que a nuestro juicio pueden resultar particularmente relevantes para los investigadores españoles, dada la falta de formación etnoarqueológica de las universidades españolas. Las reflexiones presentadas en este artículo son fruto de una larga experiencia colaborando y aprendiendo de los Ancianos y de los artistas de varias comunidades Aborígenes situadas en el oeste de la Tierra de Arnhem y en la región de Barunga (Territorio del Norte, Australia).
Publisher: ANU Press
Date: 30-11-2017
Start Date: 2016
End Date: 12-2018
Amount: $490,100.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 2016
End Date: 2018
Funder: Australian Research Council
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