Morphy, Howard2015-12-109781444334241http://hdl.handle.net/1885/58887This chapter explores a neglected theoretical issue in rock art: the recursive potential of rock art as a medium of expression. Rock art provides a reservoir of images for succeeding generations who can not only view and interpret the record, but also useKeywords: Archaeological, sequencing and retouching evidence, insights into the cultural; Australian rock art, recursive and iterative, an anthropological perspective; Earlier anthropologists/archaeologists, lesser attention to oral tradition and rock art; HolisticRecursive and Iterative Processes in Australian Rock Art: An Anthropological Perspective201210.1002/9781118253892.ch172016-02-24