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Rock art of the Esperance region and its place in the Noongar traditions of south-west Western Australia

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dc.contributor.authorGunn, Robert G.
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Myles
dc.contributor.authorWebb, R. E.
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-20T20:57:46Z
dc.date.available2020-12-20T20:57:46Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.updated2020-11-23T11:04:29Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a formal analysis of the two known rock art sites in the Esperance region of Western Australia - Marbaleerup and Boyatup - and compares and contrasts them with the characteristics of 43 other known rock art sites in the Noongar lands. The Esperance region lies at the eastern edge of the traditional lands of the Noongar people, a language and landholding group who occupy the southwest corner of the Australian continent - Noongar country. The peripheral location of the Esperance Nyungar lands and their proximity to neighbouring non-Noongar groups gives rise to questions about how its rock art compares to other Noongar rock art. The analysis seeks to determine the prominent formal characteristics of the art at Marbaleerup and Boyatup: do they share some or all of the characteristics of Noongar rock art? The results suggest that Esperance Nyungar rock art is consistent with that clustered around the north-eastern periphery of Noongar country. On this basis we propose the existence of an Eastern Noongar rock art tradition
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn0813-0426
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/218376
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherArchaeological Publications
dc.sourceRock Art Research
dc.titleRock art of the Esperance region and its place in the Noongar traditions of south-west Western Australia
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage81
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage55
local.contributor.affiliationGunn, Robert G., Monash University
local.contributor.affiliationMitchell, Myles, Administrative Portfolio, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationWebb, R. E., 41 Avenall Rd
local.contributor.authoruidMitchell, Myles, u4894655
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor169902 - Studies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Society
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB6494
local.identifier.citationvolume34
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85019604543
local.identifier.thomsonID000401206900005
local.type.statusPublished Version

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