Art of the Ancestors: Spatial and Temporal Patterning in the Ceiling Rock Art of Nawarla Gabarnmang, Arnhem Land, Australia

This volume presents a new systematic approach to the archaeological recording and documentation of rock art developed to analyse the spatial and temporal structure of complex rock art panels. Focusing on the ceiling art at Nawarla Gabarnmang, one of the richest rock art sites in Arnhem Land the app...

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Autor principal: Robert G. Gunn
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Publicado: Archaeopress Archaeology 2018
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