Marra Wonga: Archaeological and contemporary First Nations interpretations of one of central Queensland's largest rock art sites
A large sandstone rock art site, Marra Wonga, near Barcaldine, central Queensland, is the focus of this paper. This 160-metre-long rock shelter is estimated to have over 15,000 petroglyphs, which are mostly animal tracks, lines, grooves and drilled holes, as well as 111 hand-related and object stenc...
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ftgriffithuniv:oai:research-repository.griffith.edu.au:10072/419730 2024-06-09T07:46:01+00:00 Marra Wonga: Archaeological and contemporary First Nations interpretations of one of central Queensland's largest rock art sites Tacon, Paul SC Thompson, Suzanne Greenwood, Kate Jalandoni, Andrea Williams, Michael Kottermair, Maria 2022 http://hdl.handle.net/10072/419730 https://doi.org/10.1080/03122417.2022.2084666 English eng Taylor & Francis Australian Archaeology Tacon, PSC; Thompson, S; Greenwood, K; Jalandoni, A; Williams, M; Kottermair, M, Marra Wonga: Archaeological and contemporary First Nations interpretations of one of central Queensland's largest rock art sites, Australian Archaeology, 2022, 88 (2), pp. 159-179 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/FL160100123 ARC http://hdl.handle.net/10072/419730 0312-2417 doi:10.1080/03122417.2022.2084666 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. open access Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander archaeology Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander anthropology Science & Technology Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Anthropology Archaeology Journal article 2022 ftgriffithuniv https://doi.org/10.1080/03122417.2022.2084666 2024-05-14T23:41:50Z A large sandstone rock art site, Marra Wonga, near Barcaldine, central Queensland, is the focus of this paper. This 160-metre-long rock shelter is estimated to have over 15,000 petroglyphs, which are mostly animal tracks, lines, grooves and drilled holes, as well as 111 hand-related and object stencils. There is also a cluster of human-shaped foot petroglyphs on the floor of the shelter, some with six or more toes. Unique compositions on the shelter wall include seven large, engraved star-like designs with central engraved pits and large, engraved snake-like designs running across and through other petroglyphs. We describe and discuss some of the features of Marra Wonga from archaeological (etic) and ethnographic (emic) perspectives, especially in terms of the significance of a petroglyph of an anthropomorph, seven star-like designs seemingly made as part of a composition, the large snake-like designs, and six-toed human feet. Today, Marra Wonga is a teaching site used to tell important cultural stories that are connected to many other places through the imagery and Dreaming Tracks, as well as a tourist destination managed by the Yambangku Aboriginal Cultural Heritage and Tourism Development Aboriginal Corporation (YACHATDAC), with whom we partnered for this research. Full Text Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Long Rock Griffith University: Griffith Research Online Long Rock ENVELOPE(-61.198,-61.198,-62.689,-62.689) Queensland Australian Archaeology 88 2 159 179 |
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A large sandstone rock art site, Marra Wonga, near Barcaldine, central Queensland, is the focus of this paper. This 160-metre-long rock shelter is estimated to have over 15,000 petroglyphs, which are mostly animal tracks, lines, grooves and drilled holes, as well as 111 hand-related and object stencils. There is also a cluster of human-shaped foot petroglyphs on the floor of the shelter, some with six or more toes. Unique compositions on the shelter wall include seven large, engraved star-like designs with central engraved pits and large, engraved snake-like designs running across and through other petroglyphs. We describe and discuss some of the features of Marra Wonga from archaeological (etic) and ethnographic (emic) perspectives, especially in terms of the significance of a petroglyph of an anthropomorph, seven star-like designs seemingly made as part of a composition, the large snake-like designs, and six-toed human feet. Today, Marra Wonga is a teaching site used to tell important cultural stories that are connected to many other places through the imagery and Dreaming Tracks, as well as a tourist destination managed by the Yambangku Aboriginal Cultural Heritage and Tourism Development Aboriginal Corporation (YACHATDAC), with whom we partnered for this research. Full Text |
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Marra Wonga: Archaeological and contemporary First Nations interpretations of one of central Queensland's largest rock art sites |
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Marra Wonga: Archaeological and contemporary First Nations interpretations of one of central Queensland's largest rock art sites |
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Marra Wonga: Archaeological and contemporary First Nations interpretations of one of central Queensland's largest rock art sites |
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Australian Archaeology Tacon, PSC; Thompson, S; Greenwood, K; Jalandoni, A; Williams, M; Kottermair, M, Marra Wonga: Archaeological and contemporary First Nations interpretations of one of central Queensland's largest rock art sites, Australian Archaeology, 2022, 88 (2), pp. 159-179 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/FL160100123 ARC http://hdl.handle.net/10072/419730 0312-2417 doi:10.1080/03122417.2022.2084666 |
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