Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP140100393 [ 2015-05-15 - 2018-12-31 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: A M Paterson (Chief Investigator) ,  A/Prof Katie Glaskin (Chief Investigator) ,  Asst Prof Thomas Whitley (Chief Investigator) ,  Director Josephine McDonald (Chief Investigator) ,  Jamie Hampson (Chief Investigator)
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Brief description Murujuga: Dynamics of the Dreaming. Despite the acknowledged National Heritage significance of the Dampier Archipelago's petroglyphs and stone features, there has been little research which assists in knowing when, why and how this art was produced. This landscape was occupied and art was produced both before and after sea level rise c.8-6,000 years ago. Developing a reliable chronology of occupation will allow a reconstruction of the role that art played in land-use systems of the Archipelago and adjacent Abydos Plain. This aims to be achieved by targeting and analysing landscapes associated with the earliest art of the Archipelago. The second aim is to explore contemporary social connections to this place back to first contact with historical seafarers and colonial settlers.

Funding Amount $720,000

Funding Scheme Linkage Projects

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