Dating the Aboriginal rock art of the Kimberley region, Western Australia - landscape geochemistry, surface processes and complementary dating techniques.

Start date

2014

End date

2017

Research partner(s)

University of Melbourne

The age of much of the spectacular rock art of the Kimberley region of Western Australia remains unknown, especially in its earliest stages. This project aims to use the most advanced dating techniques now available to determine a sequence of ages for this ancient cultural record, increasing its recognition as a heritage site of international significance.

Output(s)

Dating correlated microlayers in oxalate accretions from rock art shelters: New archives of paleoenvironments and human activity

Type

Journal article

Authors

Green, H., Gleadow, A., Levchenko, V.A., Finch, D., Myers, C., McGovern, J., Heaney, P. and Pickering, R.

Publisher

Science Advances

Publication date

2021

Rights notice

Copyright © 2021 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY).

File

PMC8363142.pdf

Link

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abf3632

New developments in the radiocarbon dating of mud wasp nests

Type

Journal article

Authors

Finch, D., Gleadow, A., Hergt, J., Levchenko, V.A. and Fink, D

Publisher

Quaternary Geochronology

Publication date

2019

Rights notice

File

New_developments_in_the_radiocarbon_dati.pdf

Link

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https%3A//www.sciencedirect.com/scie…

Characterisation of mineral deposition systems associated with rock art in the Kimberley region of northwest Australia

Type

Journal article

Authors

Green, H., Gleadow, A. and Finch, D.

Publisher

Data in brief

Publication date

2017

Rights notice

2352-3409/& 2017 Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

File

Characterisation of mineral deposition systems associated with rock art in the Kimberley region of northwest Australia.pdf

Link

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https%3A//www.sciencedirect.com/scie…

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Community / Language group(s)

Project contact(s)

Prof Andrew Gleadow

gleadow@unimelb.edu.au

Researcher(s)

Prof Andrew Gleadow
Prof Jonathan Woodhead
Prof Janet Hergt
A/Prof John Moreau
Prof Russell Drysdale
Prof Peter Veth
Prof Richard Roberts
Prof John Dodson
Dr David Fink
Ms Cecilia Myers
Ms Fiona Hook
Ms Carol Bennetto

Supporting partner(s)

Complete

Yes

Start date

2014

End date2017

Topic(s)

Closing the Gap focus

Funder(s)

Organisation(s)

Not listed

Indigenous involvement

Indigenous involvement notes

Dating correlated microlayers in oxalate accretions from rock art shelters: New archives of paleoenvironments and human activity:
We acknowledge and thank the Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation, Rangers and Traditional Owners for permission to work on their Country and for support during fieldwork. In particular, we thank A. Unghango and family, the Waina family, and A Chalarimeri. Fieldwork support was provided by C. Myers, P. Heaney, S. Ouzman, S. Harper, S. Bradley, P. Hartley, N. Sundblom, C. Townsend, R. Maher, B. Maher, T. Tan, P. Turnbull, S. Ball, M. Maier, and P. Kendrick.

Characterisation of mineral deposition systems associated with rock art in the Kimberley region of northwest Australia:
We thank the Traditional Owners for permission to work on their land and for their help and guidance during fieldwork, particularly Augustine, Scotty and Adrian Unghango, Ian and Uriah Waina, Ethan and Lucas Karadada, Ernie ‘Chubby’ Boona for the Drysdale River region, Donny and Kenny Woolagoodja and Wayne Rastus for the Doubtful Bay region and Ambrose Chalarimeri and the Balanggarra Rangers for the King George River region. Permission to use images was supplied by Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation and local Traditional Owners. Tom Nagle and Ian Waina are thanked for their help in obtaining permission to use the rock art images. We also thank Balanggarra and Dambimangarri Aboriginal Corporations and Rangers for their support, interest and collaboration.

Ages for Australia’s oldest rock paintings:
The Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation has reviewed a draft of this paper and has agreed that the images it contains can be published.

New developments in the radiocarbon dating of mud wasp nests:
We acknowledge and thank the Traditional Owners for permission to work on their country and for their support during fieldwork, particularly Augustine, Scott and Adrian Unghango, Ambrose Chalarimeri, Ian and Uriah Waina, Gareth, Ethan and Lucas Karadada on Balanggarra land and Donny and Kenny Woolagoodja and Wayne Rastus on Dambimangari land. Invaluable fieldwork support was provided by Helen Green, Cecilia Myers, Pauline Heaney, Susan Bradley, Paul Hartley, Nick Sundblom, Robin Maher, staff at Theda and Doongan Stations, Traudl Tan and Peter Kendrick

Dating the Aboriginal rock art of the Kimberley region, Western Australia - landscape geochemistry, surface processes and complementary dating techniques.

Output(s)

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AIATSIS acknowledges all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traditional Custodians of Country and recognises their continuing connection to land, sea, culture and community. We pay our respects to Elders past and present.