Dreamtime Superhighway: Sydney Basin Rock Art and Prehistoric Information Exchange

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Jo McDonald

Dreamtime Superhighway

Sydney Basin Rock Art and Prehistoric Information Exchange

Jo McDonald

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English

ANU Press
01 August 2008

Art of indigenous peoples; History of art: pre-history; Prehistoric archaeology

Series: Terra Australis

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. Based on a Ph

By: Jo McDonald
Imprint: ANU Press
Country of Publication: Australia
ISBN: 9781921536168
ISBN 10: 1921536160
Series: Terra Australis
Pages: 380
Publication Date: 01 August 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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