10.4225/03/5923bf596e2ce
Robert George Gunn
Robert George
Gunn
Art of the ancestors: Spatial and temporal patterning in the rock art of Nawarla Gabarnmang, a major Jawoyn cultural site on the Arnhem Land plateau
Monash University
2017
Aboriginal Studies
Jawoyn
Rock Art
Arnhem Land
Superimposition
Archaeology
2017-05-23 04:49:25
Thesis
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Art_of_the_ancestors_Spatial_and_temporal_patterning_in_the_rock_art_of_Nawarla_Gabarnmang_a_major_Jawoyn_cultural_site_on_the_Arnhem_Land_plateau/5028098
The thesis develops and applies a new systematic approach to the
archaeological recording of rock art. Using the Arnhem Land rock art
site of Nawarla Gabarnmang, which has over 1400 images and a 50,000 year
cultural history, the study combined DStretch enhancement, Harris
Matrices and the Morellian Method to successfully identify and document
the individual images to establish the spatial and temporal structure of
the site’s art history.