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Unusual painted anthropomorph in Lembata island extends our understanding of rock art diversity in Indonesia

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dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, Susan
dc.contributor.authorMahirta, Mahirta
dc.contributor.authorKealy, Shimona
dc.contributor.authorLouys, Julien
dc.contributor.authorKaharudin, Hendri A. F.
dc.contributor.authorLebuan, Antony
dc.contributor.authorHawkins, Stuart
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-14T00:50:40Z
dc.date.issued2018-03
dc.date.updated2019-11-25T07:19:23Z
dc.description.abstractWe report new finds of two painted rock art sites in Lembata Island in Indonesia, one depicting a 'boat', the other an anthropomorph. The style of the anthropomorph is quite distinct from the small dynamic painted anthropomorphs common elsewhere in eastern Indonesia. Based on similarities with figures on Moko drums we hypothesise that this painting dates to the last millennium CE. This find extends our knowledge of the diversity of anthropomorph figures in Indonesian rock art, and indicates continuity in the expression of relationships and obligations to the ancestors through different mediums in the Sunda Islands.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipThe fieldwork was funded by an ARC Laureate Fellowship to O’Connor (FL120100156).en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn0813-0426en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/197134
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherArchaeological Publicationsen_AU
dc.relationhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL120100156en_AU
dc.rights© 2018 Australian Rock Art Research Associationen_AU
dc.sourceRock Art Researchen_AU
dc.source.urihttps://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=602378085841810;res=IELAPAen_AU
dc.subjectIndonesiaen_AU
dc.subjectLembataen_AU
dc.subjectPainted rock arten_AU
dc.subjectAnthropomorphen_AU
dc.subjectMoko drumen_AU
dc.titleUnusual painted anthropomorph in Lembata island extends our understanding of rock art diversity in Indonesiaen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage84en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage79en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationO'Connor, Susan, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMahirta, Mahirta, Gadjah Mada Universityen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationKealy, Shimona, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationLouys, Julien, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationKaharudin, Hendri A. F., Universitas Gadjah Madaen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationLebuan, Antony, DINAS Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata Lembata Regencyen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationHawkins, Stuart, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidO'Connor, Susan, u9413939en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidKealy, Shimona, u5533195en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidLouys, Julien, u5386836en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidHawkins, Stuart, u4625859en_AU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor210103 - Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americasen_AU
local.identifier.absseo970121 - Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeologyen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB10033en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume35en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85046967251
local.publisher.urlhttp://www.ifrao.com/rock-art-research-journal/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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