Rockshelter Excavations in the East Hamersley Range, Pilbara Region, Western Australia
Rockshelter Excavations in the East Hamersley Range offers a detailed study of six exceptional rockshelter sites from the inland Pilbara Region of Western Australia. It provides highly descriptive, chapter-length accounts of archaeological investigations at Jundaru, Djadjiling, HS-A1, HD073APAD13, P...
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Archaeopress Archaeology
2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=3167525&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: nlebk uiTerm: 3167525 longDbName: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: btl: Rockshelter Excavations in the East Hamersley Range, Pilbara Region, Western Australia aug: au: Dawn Cropper W. Boone Law sertl: Archaeopress Archaeology isbn: 9781784919764 9781784919771 imageinfo: pubinfo: dt: @attributes: year: 2018 month: 01 day: 01 dtAvail: @attributes: year: 2022 month: 06 day: 03 pub: Archaeopress Archaeology pubContract: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd place: Oxford price: 0.01 limitsGroup: maxCheckoutDays: 1500 pda: N printPagesOffline: 100 printPagesOnline: 100 previewPages: 10000 prePubGroup: dewey: @attributes: class: 994.1301 item: 994 .1301 lc: @attributes: class: GN875.W45 R63 2018 item: GN 875 .W45 R63 2018 artinfo: ui: 3167525 1240187771 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: EB doid: NL$3167525$PDF caption: PDF download: Y tig: atl: Rockshelter Excavations in the East Hamersley Range, Pilbara Region, Western Australia ptl: Rockshelter Excavations in the East Hamersley Range, Pilbara Region, Western Australia aug: au: Dawn Cropper W. Boone Law su: Aboriginal Australians--Australia--Western Australia Excavations (Archaeology)--Australia--Western Australia Antiquities, Prehistoric--Australia--Western Australia sug: subj: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology Aboriginal Australians--Australia--Western Australia Excavations (Archaeology)--Australia--Western Australia Antiquities, Prehistoric--Australia--Western Australia ab: Rockshelter Excavations in the East Hamersley Range offers a detailed study of six exceptional rockshelter sites from the inland Pilbara Region of Western Australia. It provides highly descriptive, chapter-length accounts of archaeological investigations at Jundaru, Djadjiling, HS-A1, HD073APAD13, PAD 3, and HD073A03 rockshelters, which were excavated as part of a mitigative salvage program conducted at the Hope Downs 1 mine between 2007 and 2010. The research findings show that early Aboriginal peoples initially occupied the area ca. 45,000 years ago, demonstrating that the east Hamersley Range contains some of the oldest known Aboriginal archaeological sites in the Australian arid zone. The story of the Pleistocene and Holocene Aboriginal occupation at Hope Downs 1 is long and complex. Using an extensive radiocarbon and OSL chronology that spans from >47,000 years ago to the recent past, the story of the Aboriginal archaeological record is explored via prominent changes in lithic technology, artefact use-wear/residues, combustion features, faunal remains, rockshelter geomorphology, archaeomagnetism, and pollen/phytolith analysis. The work investigates the early occupation of the region and examines the archaeological evidence for occupation during the last glacial maximum. It chronicles significant changes in Aboriginal stone artefact technology over time with its analysis of more than 35,000 chipped stone artefacts. Consisting of 18 chapters, the volume is rich with colour photographs, illustrations, and figures, including highresolution images of the rockshelter sites, excavations, stratigraphic sections, cultural features, and artefacts. It includes a foreword by the Martidja Banyjima elders, who contextualise the cultural importance of this work to Banyjima Peoples and Traditional Owners of the region. The monograph also includes comprehensive synthesis of the regional archaeological record by the editors and a chapter on Banyjima culture and traditions by consulting anthropologists Dr Nadia Butler, Dr Neale Draper, and Fiona Sutherland. Many specialist studies were commissioned for the Hope Downs work, including an archaeomagnetism report by Dr Andy Herries (LaTrobe University), a faunal analysis study by Dr. Matthew McDowell (University of Tasmania), a phytolith analysis by Dr Lynley Wallis (University of Notre Dame Australia), a palynological study by Dr Simon Haberle, Feli Hopf, and Dr Phil Roberts (Australian National University), artefact usewear/residue analysis by Dr Richard Fullagar (University of Wollongong), optically stimulated luminescence dating by Frances Williams (University of Adelaide), and a rockshelter geomorphological study by Prof Martin Williams (University of Adelaide). pubtype: eBook doctype: Book ougenre: Book language: English copyright: @attributes: flag: N copyrightText: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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