2.3 Innovative Research in Australia: Science and Context in Rock Art Studies

Prof. Jo McDonald,

Director of the Centre for Rock Art Studies & Management;

Rio Tinto Chair in Rock Art Studies, University of Western Australia. 

https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/jo-mcdonald 

https://www.crarm.uwa.edu.au/research

Publications:

https://www.crarm.uwa.edu.au/murujuga-dreaming

The Murujuga: Dynamics of the Dreaming project aims to provide research support for the protection and understanding of the world’s largest rock art galleries of Murujuga (the Burrup Peninsula) and the Dampier Archipelago.

Dr. Sally K. May, 

Senior Research Fellow with the Place,

Evolution and Rock Art Heritage Unit (PERAHU) at Griffith University, Australia.

https://experts.griffith.edu.au/9542-sally-k-may

 

Publications:

May, S. K., Wright, D., Domingo Sanz, I., Goldhahn, J. & Maralngurra, G. In press. ‘The Buffaroo: a ‘first-sight’ depiction of introduced buffalo in the rock art of western Arnhem Land, Australia. Rock Art Research.

May, S.K., Taçon, P.S.C., Jalandoni, A., Goldhahn, A., Wesley, D., Tsang, R. & Mangiru, K. In press. The re-emergence of nganaparru (water buffalo) into western Arnhem Land life, landscape and rock art’. Antiquity.

May, S.K., Rademaker, L. Nadjamerrek, D. & Narndal Gumurdul, J. 2020. The Bible in Buffalo Country: Oenpelli Mission 1925-1931. Canberra, ANU Press. 

Frieman, C.J. & May, S.K. 2019. ‘Navigating Contact: Tradition and Innovation in Australian Contact Rock Art’. International Journal of Historical Archaeology 17.

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