The mulla-mullung’s Bulk
Abstract Recent archaeological mapping of, and excavations at, Cloggs Cave, in GunaiKurnai Aboriginal Country in Southeastern Australia, have revealed a rich underground landscape of stone arrangements, broken stalactites, and what appear to be crushed crystalline minerals and ritual ash layers. Her...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197607695.013.37 2024-09-15T18:06:44+00:00 The mulla-mullung’s Bulk GunaiKurnai Perspectives on the Stone Artifacts of Cloggs Cave, GunaiKurnai Country, Southeastern Australia Mialanes, Jerome David, Bruno Stephenson, Birgitta Fresløv, Joanna Mullett, Russell Metz, Laure Delannoy, Jean-Jacques Crouch, Joe McDowell, Matthew Petchey, Fiona Green, Helen Arnold, Lee J. Wood, Rachel Ash, Jeremy 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197607695.013.37 https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/chapter-pdf/58290340/book_44003_section_426604943.ag.pdf en eng Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Global Indigenous Archaeologies ISBN 9780197607695 9780197607725 book-chapter 2023 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197607695.013.37 2024-09-03T04:12:17Z Abstract Recent archaeological mapping of, and excavations at, Cloggs Cave, in GunaiKurnai Aboriginal Country in Southeastern Australia, have revealed a rich underground landscape of stone arrangements, broken stalactites, and what appear to be crushed crystalline minerals and ritual ash layers. Here we examine the stone artifacts to determine how they can shed further light on how the cave was used, and what a GunaiKurnai perspective can tell us about how the Old Ancestors lived and interacted with kin and more distant groups, spirit-beings, and ancestral presences operating under customary Law. The status and social logic of Cloggs Cave as a secluded site of special power within Krauatungalung clan Country, where caves are associated with mysterious creatures, restricted knowledge, and magic, are explained through connections that exist between special stones such as bulk and groggin, mulla-mullung or individuals of high degree, and magic power. By presenting the results of technological, use-wear and residue analyses on the excavated stone artifacts through historical and contemporary GunaiKurnai views, we expand not just our understanding of the cave, but how research questions posed by First Nations peoples can merge with academic research methods to reveal cultural (hi)stories fundamentally informed by descendant community perspectives. Book Part First Nations Oxford University Press |
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Abstract Recent archaeological mapping of, and excavations at, Cloggs Cave, in GunaiKurnai Aboriginal Country in Southeastern Australia, have revealed a rich underground landscape of stone arrangements, broken stalactites, and what appear to be crushed crystalline minerals and ritual ash layers. Here we examine the stone artifacts to determine how they can shed further light on how the cave was used, and what a GunaiKurnai perspective can tell us about how the Old Ancestors lived and interacted with kin and more distant groups, spirit-beings, and ancestral presences operating under customary Law. The status and social logic of Cloggs Cave as a secluded site of special power within Krauatungalung clan Country, where caves are associated with mysterious creatures, restricted knowledge, and magic, are explained through connections that exist between special stones such as bulk and groggin, mulla-mullung or individuals of high degree, and magic power. By presenting the results of technological, use-wear and residue analyses on the excavated stone artifacts through historical and contemporary GunaiKurnai views, we expand not just our understanding of the cave, but how research questions posed by First Nations peoples can merge with academic research methods to reveal cultural (hi)stories fundamentally informed by descendant community perspectives. |
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Mialanes, Jerome David, Bruno Stephenson, Birgitta Fresløv, Joanna Mullett, Russell Metz, Laure Delannoy, Jean-Jacques Crouch, Joe McDowell, Matthew Petchey, Fiona Green, Helen Arnold, Lee J. Wood, Rachel Ash, Jeremy |
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Mialanes, Jerome David, Bruno Stephenson, Birgitta Fresløv, Joanna Mullett, Russell Metz, Laure Delannoy, Jean-Jacques Crouch, Joe McDowell, Matthew Petchey, Fiona Green, Helen Arnold, Lee J. Wood, Rachel Ash, Jeremy The mulla-mullung’s Bulk |
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Mialanes, Jerome David, Bruno Stephenson, Birgitta Fresløv, Joanna Mullett, Russell Metz, Laure Delannoy, Jean-Jacques Crouch, Joe McDowell, Matthew Petchey, Fiona Green, Helen Arnold, Lee J. Wood, Rachel Ash, Jeremy |
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