Dreamtime superhighway : an analysis of Sydney Basin rock art and prehistoric information exchange /
McDonald, Josephine,
Dreamtime superhighway : an analysis of Sydney Basin rock art and prehistoric information exchange / Jo McDonald. - 1 online resource (xxviii, 380 pages : illustrations (some color), maps). - Terra Australis ; 27 . - Terra Australis ; 27. .
Includes bibliographical references.
-- Introduction -- The Sydney Basin -- Environmental Context -- Social context -- Archaeological context -- The rock art of the Sydney Basin -- Excavations at Yengo 1 and Yengo 2 -- Excavation at the Great Mackerel Rockshelter -- Excavations at Upside-Down-Man -- The Contemporaneity of Art and Deposit -- Diachronic variation in the art of the Sydney Basin -- Synchronic variation: Sydney Basin engraved art -- Regional synchronic variation: shelter art -- Dreamtime superhighway: modelling a regional style.
"Dreamtime superhighway presents a thorough and original contextualization of the rock art and archaeology of the Sydney Basin. By combining excavation results with rock art analysis it demonstrates that a true archaeology of rock art can provide insights into rock art image-making in people's social and cultural lives. McDonald has developed a model that suggests that visual culture - such as rock art-making and its images and forms - could be understood as a system of communication, as a way of signaling group identifying behaviour."--Provided by publisher.
English.
9781921536175 1921536179
10.26530/OAPEN_459083 doi
ANU E Press, WK Hancock Library, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, website: http://epress.anu.edu.au 22573/ctt236q6j JSTOR
Rock paintings--Australia--Sydney Basin (N.S.W.)
Petroglyphs--Australia--Sydney Basin (N.S.W.)
Visual communication in art--Australia--Sydney Basin (N.S.W.)
Art, Aboriginal Australian--Australia--Sydney Basin (N.S.W.)
Aboriginal Australians--Antiquities.--Australia--Sydney Basin (N.S.W.)
Archaeology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Archaeology.
Aboriginal Australians--Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Art, Aboriginal Australian.
Petroglyphs.
Rock paintings.
Visual communication in art.
Rock paintings--New South Wales--Sydney Basin.
Petroglyphs--New South Wales--Sydney Basin.
Visual communication in art--New South Wales--Sydney Basin.
Art, Aboriginal Australian--New South Wales--Sydney Basin.
Aboriginal Australians--Antiquities.--New South Wales--Sydney Basin
Rock paintings--New South Wales--Sydney Basin.
Petroglyphs--New South Wales--Sydney Basin.
Visual communication in art--New South Wales--Sydney Basin.
Art, Aboriginal Australian--New South Wales--Sydney Basin.
Aboriginal Australians--Antiquities.--New South Wales--Sydney Basin
Sydney Basin (N.S.W.)--Antiquities.
New South Wales--Sydney Basin.
Electronic books.
GN667.S93
709.011309944
Dreamtime superhighway : an analysis of Sydney Basin rock art and prehistoric information exchange / Jo McDonald. - 1 online resource (xxviii, 380 pages : illustrations (some color), maps). - Terra Australis ; 27 . - Terra Australis ; 27. .
Includes bibliographical references.
-- Introduction -- The Sydney Basin -- Environmental Context -- Social context -- Archaeological context -- The rock art of the Sydney Basin -- Excavations at Yengo 1 and Yengo 2 -- Excavation at the Great Mackerel Rockshelter -- Excavations at Upside-Down-Man -- The Contemporaneity of Art and Deposit -- Diachronic variation in the art of the Sydney Basin -- Synchronic variation: Sydney Basin engraved art -- Regional synchronic variation: shelter art -- Dreamtime superhighway: modelling a regional style.
"Dreamtime superhighway presents a thorough and original contextualization of the rock art and archaeology of the Sydney Basin. By combining excavation results with rock art analysis it demonstrates that a true archaeology of rock art can provide insights into rock art image-making in people's social and cultural lives. McDonald has developed a model that suggests that visual culture - such as rock art-making and its images and forms - could be understood as a system of communication, as a way of signaling group identifying behaviour."--Provided by publisher.
English.
9781921536175 1921536179
10.26530/OAPEN_459083 doi
ANU E Press, WK Hancock Library, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, website: http://epress.anu.edu.au 22573/ctt236q6j JSTOR
Rock paintings--Australia--Sydney Basin (N.S.W.)
Petroglyphs--Australia--Sydney Basin (N.S.W.)
Visual communication in art--Australia--Sydney Basin (N.S.W.)
Art, Aboriginal Australian--Australia--Sydney Basin (N.S.W.)
Aboriginal Australians--Antiquities.--Australia--Sydney Basin (N.S.W.)
Archaeology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Archaeology.
Aboriginal Australians--Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Art, Aboriginal Australian.
Petroglyphs.
Rock paintings.
Visual communication in art.
Rock paintings--New South Wales--Sydney Basin.
Petroglyphs--New South Wales--Sydney Basin.
Visual communication in art--New South Wales--Sydney Basin.
Art, Aboriginal Australian--New South Wales--Sydney Basin.
Aboriginal Australians--Antiquities.--New South Wales--Sydney Basin
Rock paintings--New South Wales--Sydney Basin.
Petroglyphs--New South Wales--Sydney Basin.
Visual communication in art--New South Wales--Sydney Basin.
Art, Aboriginal Australian--New South Wales--Sydney Basin.
Aboriginal Australians--Antiquities.--New South Wales--Sydney Basin
Sydney Basin (N.S.W.)--Antiquities.
New South Wales--Sydney Basin.
Electronic books.
GN667.S93
709.011309944