Gilparrka Almira, a rock art site in Mithaka Country, southwest Queensland: cultural connections, dreaming tracks and trade routes

IF 1.1 3区 历史学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY Archaeology in Oceania Pub Date : 2021-07-07 DOI:10.1002/arco.5244
Natalie R. Franklin, Marisa Giorgi, Phillip J. Habgood, Nathan Wright, Josh Gorringe, Betty Gorringe, Brett Gorringe, Michael C. Westaway
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This paper describes a rock engraving site in Mithaka Country in the Channel Country, southwest Queensland, where the majority of the motifs consist of crescents or variations on crescents. This is the first rock art site to be recorded in Mithaka Country, which is in a part of Australia's sandy deserts where rock art is uncommon.

Gilparrka Almira is placed within a broader social context by exploring its possible cultural connections with other sites and regions. Regional comparisons of the main motif type found that proportions decreased in all directions away from the site. Possible meanings for crescent imagery are then examined from ethnohistorical sources, indicating that crescent motifs may bear a range of “discontinuous” meanings that can be used in different contexts. It is suggested that crescent motifs may have moved/diffused across vast areas of the continent, following the north-south Lake Eyre Basin trade network, with Mithaka Country lying at its approximate centre, and other (east-west) trade routes, along the Dreaming tracks with which the trade routes are frequently associated. Motifs with “discontinuous” meaning ranges, like crescents, would have been particularly suitable for use in this scenario because of their ability to be readily incorporated into different social contexts.

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Gilparrka Almira,昆士兰州西南部Mithaka乡村的岩石艺术遗址:文化联系,梦想的足迹和贸易路线
本文描述了位于昆士兰州西南部海峡地区的Mithaka地区的一个岩石雕刻遗址,那里的大部分图案由新月或新月的变体组成。这是Mithaka国家记录的第一个岩石艺术遗址,Mithaka国家位于澳大利亚沙漠的一部分,在那里岩石艺术并不常见。Gilparrka Almira通过探索其与其他地点和地区的可能的文化联系,被置于更广泛的社会背景中。主要基序类型的区域比较发现,在远离遗址的各个方向上,比例都在下降。然后从民族历史资料中考察了新月意象的可能含义,表明新月图案可能具有一系列“不连续”的含义,可以在不同的语境中使用。有人认为,新月图案可能沿着南北的艾尔湖盆地贸易网络(Mithaka Country位于其大约中心)和其他(东西)贸易路线(沿着贸易路线经常与之相关的dream tracks),在非洲大陆的广大地区移动/扩散。具有“不连续”意义范围的母题,如新月,特别适合在这种情况下使用,因为它们能够很容易地融入不同的社会背景。
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期刊介绍: Archaeology in Oceania is published online and in print versions three times a year: April, July, October. It accepts articles and research reports in prehistoric and historical archaeology, modern material culture and human biology of ancient and modern human populations. Its primary geographic focus is Australia, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and lands of the western Pacific rim. All articles and research reports accepted as being within the remit of the journal and of appropriate standard will be reviewed by two scholars; authors will be informed of these comments though not necessarily of the reviewer’s names.
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