Dampier Archipelago petroglyphs: Archaeology, scientific values and National Heritage Listing

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 49-69

  Mcdonald, Jo ^a   Veth, Peter ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dampier Archipelago; National Heritage List; Petroglyphs; Pilbara

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649836747     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2009.tb00068.x     Document Type: Article

References (76)

1. Bednarik, R. G. 2002. The survival of the Murujuga (Burrup) Petroglyphs. Rock Art Research 19 (1) :29-40
2. Bednarik, R. G. 2006. Australian Apocalypse: the story of Australia's greatest cultural monument. Occasional AURA Publication No. 14. Australian Rock Art Research Association, Melbourne
3. Bradshaw, E. 1994a. A report on archaeological work in the coastal Pilbara, Western Australia. Unpublished report for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander Studies and the Heritage Council of Western Australia. AAD, Perth
4. Bradshaw, E. 1994b. A report of archaeological work in the coastal Pilbara, Western Australia. Community resource document. Prepared for the Ngarluma Community, Roebourne. DAS, Perth
5. Bradshaw, E. 1995. Dates from archaeological excavations on the Pilbara coastline and islands of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Australian Archaeology 41:37-38
6. Brandl, E. J. 1972. Thylacine designs in Arnhem Land rock paintings. Archaeology and Physical Anthropology in Oceania 7 (1) :24-30
7. Brown, S. 1987. Toward a prehistory of the Hamersley Plateau, northwest Australia. Occasional Papers in Prehistory, 6. Australian National University, Canberra
8. Chappell, J. 1982. Some effects of cyclonic waves and tidal current on the coast and continental shelf near Dampier, Western Australia. Unpublished field report, Department of Biogeography and Geomorphology. Australian National University: Canberra
9. Clegg, J. K. 1987. Style and Tradition at Sturt's Meadows. World Archaeology 19 (2) :236-255
10. Clune, G. 2003. 'Abydos: an archaeological investigation of adaptations on the Pilbara coast, northwest Western Australia'. Unpublished PhD thesis, Centre for Archaeology, University of Western Australia
11. Conkey, M. W. 1980. The Identification of Hunter-Gatherer Aggregation sites - the case of Altamira. Current Anthropology 21 (5) :609-630
12. Daniel, D. 1990. Thalu sites of the West Pilbara. Unpublished report. AAD, Perth
13. Dix, W. 1977. Facial representations in Pilbara rock engravings. In P. J. Ucko (ed.) Form in indigenous art: schematisation in the art of Aboriginal Australia and prehistoric Europe, pp. 227-285. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra
14. Draper. N. 2007. Boulder Blues: Interpreting Stone Features on the Burrup Peninsula, Pilbara Region, Western Australia. Paper presented at Australasian Archaeology Conference, Sydney, September
15. Franklin, N. R. 2004. Explorations of Variability in Australian Prehistoric Rock Engravings BAR-S1318. Oxford
16. Gara, T. J. 1983. The Flying Foam Massacre: an incident on the northwest frontier, Western Australia'. In M. Smith (ed.) Archaeology at ANZAAS 1983, pp. 86-94. WA Museum, Perth
17. Gara, T. J. 1984. Stone features on Murujuga. Unpublished manuscript. ALS, Perth
18. Gordon, R. 1996. Sources of Rock Armour on the Burrup Peninsula. Unpublished report to Woodside Petroleum Pty Ltd. Gordon Geological Consultants, Perth
19. Gould, R. A. 1969. Yiwara: foragers of the Australian desert. London- Sydney: Collins
20. Green N. 1982. They draw rude figures on stone: engravings at King Bay. Unpublished MA Qualifying Thesis. Department of Anthropology and Prehistory. Australian National University, Canberra
21. Gunn, R. G. 2004. Parker Point Upgrade Project, Dampier Western Australia: Archaeological survey. Unpublished report to Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd, Dampier. DIA, Perth
22. Harris, J. 1988. An excavation report of Georges Valley shell midden, Burrup Peninsula. Unpublished BA Hons Thesis. Dept of Archaeology. University of Western Australia, Perth
23. Hayes-Gilpin, K. 2004. Ambiguous Images: Gender and Rock Art. Altamira Press, Walnut Creek, CA, USA
24. Jo McDonald Cultural Heritage Management Pty Ltd. 2005. Desktop assessment of Scientific Values for Indigenous Cultural Heritage on the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Report to the Department of Environment and Heritage, Canberra
25. Jo McDonald Cultural Heritage Management Pty Ltd. 2006. A study of the distribution of rock art and stone structures on the Dampier Archipelago. Report to the Department of Environment and Heritage, Canberra
26. Lewis, D. 1977. More striped designs in Arnhem Land Rock Paintings. Archaeology and Physical Anthropology in Oceania 12:98-111
27. Lorblanchet, M. 1983. Chronology of the rock engravings of Gum Tree Valley and Skew Valley near Dampier, WA. In M. Smith (ed.) Archaeology at ANZAAS 1983, pp. 39-59. WA Museum, Perth
28. Lorblanchet, M. 1985. The engravings of the top of Gum Tree Valley, Dampier, WA. Unpublished report. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra
29. Lorblanchet, M. 1992. The rock engravings of Gum Tree Valley and Skew Valley, Dampier, Western Australia: chronology and functions of the sites. In J. McDonald and I. Haskovec (eds) State of the Art: Regional Rock Art Studies in Australia and Melanesia, pp. 39-59. AURA Publication, Melbourne
30. McCarthy, F. D. 1961. The rock engravings of Depuch Island, Northwest Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 25:121-148
31. McCarthy, F. D. 1962. The rock engravings at Port Hedland, North- Western Australia. Kroeber Anthropological Society Papers 26:1-73. University of California, Berkeley
32. McCarthy, F. D. 1968. Foreword. In B. J. Wright (ed.) Rock art of the Pilbara region, Northwest Australia, pp. vi-vii. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra
33. McCarthy, F. D. 1977. Schematisation in eastern and northern Australia rock art. In P. J. Ucko (ed.) Form in Indigenous Art: schematisation in the art of Aboriginal Australia and prehistoric Europe, pp. 403-413. AIAS, Canberra
34. McDonald, J. J. 2005. Archaic faces to headdresses: the changing role of rock art across the arid zone. In P. M. Veth, Smith, M and Hiscock, P. (eds) Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives, pp. 116-141. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford
35. McDonald, J. J. 2008. Dreamtime Superhighway: An analysis of Sydney Basin rock art and prehistoric information exchange. Terra Australis 27, ANU E-Press, Canberra
36. Mattner, C. J. 1989. Simulation of regional sampling designs on Murujuga, WA. Unpublished BSc. Hons Thesis. UWA, Perth
37. Maynard, L. 1976. An archaeological approach to the study of Australian rock art. Unpublished Masters Thesis. Australian National University, Canberra
38. Maynard, L. 1977. Classification and terminology in Australian rock art. In P. J. Ucko (ed.) Form in Indigenous art, pp. 403-413. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra
39. Morse, K. 1997. Exploration Lease E47/711: report of a preliminary investigation for archaeological and ethnographic sites. Unpublished report prepared for Dampier Salt. AAD, Perth
40. Morse, K., Clune, G. and A. Murphy. 1997. Report of an archaeological survey: Woodside Burrup extension areas; Burrup Peninsula, Pilbara, Western Australia. Unpublished report prepared for Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi claimants and Woodside Petroleum. AAD, Perth
41. Mulvaney, K. 2009. Dating the Dreaming: Extinct Fauna in the petroglyphs of the Pilbara region, Western Australia. Archaeology in Oceania (this issue)
42. Munn, N. D. 1966. Visual categories: an approach to the study of representational systems. American Anthropologist 68:936-950
43. Munn, N. D. 1973. Walbiri Iconography: graphic representation and cultural symbolism in a central Australian society. Ithaca: Cornell University Press
44. Myers, F. R. 2002. Painting culture: the Making of an Aboriginal High Art. Durham and London: Duke University Press
45. O'Connor, R. and P. Veth 1983. Report of the survey for Aboriginal sites in the vicinity of the proposed 220kV overhead powerline route from Cape Lambert to Port Hedland. Unpublished report prepared for the State Energy Commission of Western Australia. DAS, Perth
46. Palmer, K. 1975. Petroglyphs and associated Aboriginal sites in the north-west of Western Australia. Archaeology and Physical Anthropology in Oceania 10 (2) :152-60
47. Palmer, K. 1977. Myth, ritual and rock art. Archaeology and Physical Anthropology in Oceania 12 (1) :38-50
48. Paterson, A. and A. Wilson 2009. Evidence of indigenous perceptions of contact at Inthanoona, Northwest, Western Australia. Archaeology in Oceania (this issue)
49. Paterson, A. and Souter, C. 2004. Cultural Heritage Assessment and Management Proposal for historical archaeological sites - Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Report to Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth
50. Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. 1913. Three tribes of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 43:143-194
51. Richardson, A. K. 1886. The Nickel Bay Tribe. In E. M. Curr (ed.) The Australian Race. Vol I: 296-301. Government Printer, Melbourne
52. Robinson, M. 1997. Hamersley Iron ethnographic survey: report of field inspection. Unpublished report to West Pilbara Land Council for Hamersley Iron. AAD, Perth
53. Rosenfeld, A. 2002. Rock art as an indicator of changing social geographies in central Australia. In David, B. and M. Wilson (eds) Inscribed Landscapes: Marking and Making Places, pp. 61-78. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu
54. Ross, J. 1997. Painted relationship: an archaeological analysis of a distinctive anthropomorphic rock art motif in northwestern central Queensland. Unpublished BA (Hons) Thesis, UNE, Armidale
55. Schiffer, M. B. and G. J. Gummerman 1977. Conservation Archaeology: A Guide for Cultural Resource Management Studies. Academic Press, NY
56. Smith, L. 1983. What's in the size of a macropod? A study of variance in prehistoric pictures from the Mangrove Creek Area. BA. Honours Thesis. Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney
57. Strawbridge, L. 1993. Management of prehistoric sites in the Pilbara region of W. A: an assessment of Aboriginal archaeological sites. Unpublished report for the W. A. Heritage Committee. DAS, Perth
58. Tindale, N. B. 1974. Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits and Proper Names. University of California Press, Berkeley
59. Trezise, P. J. 1971. Rock art of south-east Cape York. Australian Aboriginal Studies No. 24. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra
60. Turner, J. 1981. Murujuga: a spatial analysis of the engraved rock of Withnell Bay. Unpublished BA Honours Thesis. Department of Anthropology. University of Western Australia, Perth
61. Veth, P. M. 1982. Testing the behavioural model: the use of open site data. Unpublished BA Honours Thesis, University of Western Australia, Perth
62. Veth, P. M. 1993. Islands in the Interior: The Dynamics of Prehistoric Adaptations within the Arid Zone of Australia. International Monographs in Prehistory, Archaeology Series no. 3, Ann Arbor, Michigan
63. Veth, P. M. 1999a. Statement of Archaeological Evidence in the Ngarluma-Yindjibarndi Native Title Claim. The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia, Perth
64. Veth, P. M. 1999b. The occupation of arid coastlines during the terminal Pleistocene of Australia. In J. Hall and I. McNiven (eds) Australian Coastal Archaeology: Current Research and Future Directions, pp. 65-72. Research Papers in Archaeology and Natural History. Archaeology and Natural History Publications, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
65. Veth, P., Bradshaw, E., Gara, T., Hall, N., Haydock, P. and P. Kendrick 1993. Burrup Peninsula Aboriginal Heritage project. Unpublished report to the Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth
66. Vinnicombe, P. 1987a. Dampier Archaeological Project: resource document, survey and salvage of Aboriginal sites, Burrup Peninsula, Western Australia. DAS, WA Museum, Perth
67. Vinnicombe, P. 1987b. Field note book, CALM survey, Dampier Archipelago. DAS, W. A. Museum, Perth
68. Vinnicombe, P. 1997a. King Bay/Hearson Cove Aboriginal heritage survey. Unpublished report prepared for Department of Resources and Development, Perth
69. Vinnicombe, P. 1997b. Maitland heavy industry estate: Aboriginal heritage survey. Unpublished report for Department of Resources Development/Landcorps, Perth
70. Vinnicombe, P. 2002. Petroglyphs of the Dampier Archipelago: Background to Development and Descriptive Analysis. Rock Art Research 19 (1) :3-27
71. Virili, E. 1977. Aboriginal sites and rock art of the Dampier Archipelago. In P. J. Ucko (ed.) Form in Indigenous Art: schematisation in the art of Aboriginal and Prehistoric Europe, pp. 439-451. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra
72. Wiessner, P. 1989. Style and changing relations between individual and society. In Hodder I. (ed.) The Meanings of Things: material culture and symbolic expression, pp. 56-63. Unwin Hyman, London
73. Worms, E. A. 1954. Prehistoric petroglyphs of the upper Yule River, north-western Australia. Anthropos 49:1067-1088
74. Wright, B. J. 1968. Rock art of the Pilbara region, North-west Australia. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra
75. Wright, B. J. 1972. Rock engravings of striped mammals: the Pilbara region, Western Australia. Archaeology and Physical Anthropology in Oceania 7 (1) :15-23
76. Wright, B. J. 1977. Schematisation in the rock engravings of northwestern Australia. In P. J. Ucko (ed.) Form in Indigenous Art: schematisation in the art of Aboriginal and prehistoric Europe, pp. 110-116. AIAS, Canberra