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Dreamtime superhighway : an analysis of Sydney Basin rock art and prehistoric information exchange /

"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�...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McDonald, Josephine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Canberra, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2008.
Series:Terra Australis ; 27.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • -- 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.