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SEMINAR: ARCHAEOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES

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ARCHAEOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES : Utilizing Rock art and Archaeology to understand Pleistocene Other events...
The Burrup Peninsula and Dampier Archipelago contain one of the largest concentrations of rock engravings in the world. Numbering well into the millions, the engravings communicate the stories of a dynamic landscape which cultures lived in, utilized, and socialized for millennia. Situated within an area that was once part of an expansive coastal plain - now drowned due to the sea level rise - the archaeology of the region provides the opportunity to investigate cultural transformation throughout time in a setting which experienced an incredible amount of environmental change and the accompanying social stresses. The rock art corpus provides evidence of these dynamic changes and also speaks to the potential use of the landscape for more than 30,000 years, although only early Holocene dated archaeological signatures have so far been uncovered. The aim of the research project is to investigate the potential for Pleistocene occupation/use on the Dampier Archipelago. This will be undertaken by contextualising living sites with engravings thought to be associated with Pleistocene rock art production, and through unpacking of the early phases of rock art production found in this area. The aim is to draw upon the archaeological evidence available in the hopes to better understand how people utilized and socialized this environment from the Pleistocene onwards. This Presentation will be Megan’s PhD Research Proposal Seminar.
Speaker(s) Megan Berry
Location Social Sciences Lecture Room 1 (G28)
Contact Karen Eichorn <[email protected]> : 3448
Start Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:00
End Thu, 08 Aug 2013 17:00
Submitted by Karen Eichorn <[email protected]>
Last Updated Tue, 06 Aug 2013 18:51
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