2009
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2009.tb00067.x
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Dating the Dreaming: extinct fauna in the petroglyphs of the Pilbara region, Western Australia

Abstract: Examples of striped marsupial depictions have been reported from both the coastal and inland Pilbara. Many are regarded as images of the thylacine, an animal that disappeared from mainland Australia some 3000–4000 years ago. Also observable in the rock art is the ‘fat‐tailed macropod’, a distinctive rendition of a marsupial with an extremely thick tail. Recent investigations in the Tom Price area and on the Burrup Peninsula confirm that both motifs pertain to the more ancient rock art corpus. Restricted artist… Show more

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“…As noted above, our zones of innovation generally coincide with the refuge areas identified by Veth (1993), the culture-areas identified by Peterson (1976) and regional areas within the Panaramitee tradition (Franklin 2004(Franklin , 2007. Aggregation, an expression of bounding behaviour, would be expected in these refuge areas, and is evident in:  Franklin's (2004Franklin's ( , 2007 Central Region within the Panaramitee tradition, where the greatest diversity in motifs occurs;  the Dampier Archipelago in our Central Western Zone (Figure 2), where the high stylistic diversity in rock engravings supports its interpretation as a major aggrega- (Figure 2), dated to a minimum of 4,000 years BP based on age estimates for the extinction of the thylacine (Mulvaney 2009). However, these engravings may be considerably older than this as they are highly patinated and in an area where the rate of weathering and repatination of rock surfaces is slow, in the order of several thousands of years (Mulvaney 2009);  the use of local sources for ochre at Puritjarra, central Australia, combined with a far more intensive use of the site and the initial production of pigment art between 13,000 BP and 7,500 BP, suggesting a contraction in territory and an increasing need to assert corporate rights and relationships to the site (Smith et al 1998); and  the increasing levels of regionality through time, from the more homogeneous, Australia-wide Panaramitee tradition, to the proliferation of distinct and more figurative styles occupying spatially restricted areas from the terminal Pleistocene through the Holocene (Franklin 2004(Franklin , 2007.…”
Section: Phase 4: From C 5ka Bpmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As noted above, our zones of innovation generally coincide with the refuge areas identified by Veth (1993), the culture-areas identified by Peterson (1976) and regional areas within the Panaramitee tradition (Franklin 2004(Franklin , 2007. Aggregation, an expression of bounding behaviour, would be expected in these refuge areas, and is evident in:  Franklin's (2004Franklin's ( , 2007 Central Region within the Panaramitee tradition, where the greatest diversity in motifs occurs;  the Dampier Archipelago in our Central Western Zone (Figure 2), where the high stylistic diversity in rock engravings supports its interpretation as a major aggrega- (Figure 2), dated to a minimum of 4,000 years BP based on age estimates for the extinction of the thylacine (Mulvaney 2009). However, these engravings may be considerably older than this as they are highly patinated and in an area where the rate of weathering and repatination of rock surfaces is slow, in the order of several thousands of years (Mulvaney 2009);  the use of local sources for ochre at Puritjarra, central Australia, combined with a far more intensive use of the site and the initial production of pigment art between 13,000 BP and 7,500 BP, suggesting a contraction in territory and an increasing need to assert corporate rights and relationships to the site (Smith et al 1998); and  the increasing levels of regionality through time, from the more homogeneous, Australia-wide Panaramitee tradition, to the proliferation of distinct and more figurative styles occupying spatially restricted areas from the terminal Pleistocene through the Holocene (Franklin 2004(Franklin , 2007.…”
Section: Phase 4: From C 5ka Bpmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Verbigracia, damos cuenta de la importancia de interpretación del patrimonio cultural y material a través del caso del arte rupestre de la Península Burrup de Western Australia (Davidson et al, 2014). El sitio comprende una península y archipiélago de alrededor de 100 km2 donde se encuentran centenares de miles de bloques con petroglifos (Mulvaney, 2013), algunos de ellos probablemente de mucha antigüedad (Mulvaney, 2009). Durante los años 1970 y 80 se construyó una fábrica de gas natural licuado (GNL), incluyendo la fábrica y un puerto, además de otro puerto de transporte de mineral de hierro.…”
Section: La Casa De Derechos Humanos Como Ejemplo De La Transformacióunclassified
“…In his publication there is not enough information to replicate his technique, so other rock art researchers have devised their own criteria. If a particular depiction scores six out of six, it is probably a representation of a thylacine but, as Mulvaney (2009) warns, artistic conventions and other variables can influence how particular images look to us. In other words, many depictions might be of thylacines, even though only four or five of the six criteria are satisfied.…”
Section: Thylacines and Their Depiction In Rock Artmentioning
confidence: 99%