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- Title
Symbolic language in Torres Strait, NE Australia: images from rock art, portable objects and human scars.
- Authors
Brady, Liam M.
- Abstract
The Torres Strait is often in the research literature -- unsurprisingly since it is not only a key area for early settlement but one where ancient and modern practice resonate. Rock art is a prominent archaeological source for the region -- but not the only one. In this study the author shows how rock art interconnects with imagery on portable artefacts and scarification -- scarring patterns on skin -- to define cultural zones of the last few centuries in territories occupied by both horticulturalists and hunter-gatherers.
- Subjects
TORRES Strait; AUSTRALIA; ROCK art (Archaeology); PREHISTORIC art; ROCK paintings; HUNTER-gatherer societies; HISTORY of horticulture; SCARIFICATION (Body marking); PREHISTORIC peoples
- Publication
Antiquity, 2008, Vol 82, Issue 316, p336
- ISSN
0003-598X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0003598X00096848