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Abstract
In 1971–1972, excavations at Cloggs Cave, a classic Australian archaeological site, revealed new archaeological evidence on the subsistence economy and environmental adaptations of southeastern Aboriginal peoples during and after the Last Glacial Maximum. A re-thinking of the site’s original sequence coupled with new excavations in 2019 now offers a very different picture of the archaeology, a reading more akin with ethnographic and current GunaiKurnai worldviews. This re-reading signals more than a paradigm shift, but rather an ontological turn that challenges researchers to not reduce archaeological records, including symbolic expressions, to the logic and language of “habitat and economy,” but rather to recognise that other fundamental factors such as kinship, social relations, and the spirit-world, all informed by cultural world views, also fundamentally shape the archaeological record.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Ontologies of Rock Art |
| Subtitle of host publication | Images, Relational Approaches, and Indigenous Knowledges |
| Editors | Oscar Moro Abadia, Martin Porr |
| Place of Publication | Abingdon Oxon UK |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Chapter | 6 |
| Pages | 135-160 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780429321863 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780367337803 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 4 Mar 2021 |
Keywords
- Ontology
- Rock Art
- Archaeology
- Paradigm
- Aboriginal cultural sites
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Engaging and designing place: furnishings and the architecture of archaeological sites in Aboriginal Australia
David, B., Delannoy, J.-J., Urwin, C., Fresløv, J., Mullett, R. & Phillips, C., 2023, The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia and New Guinea. McNiven, I. J. & David, B. (eds.). 1st ed. Oxford UK: Oxford University Press, p. 473-494 22 p. (Oxford Handbooks).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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50 years and worlds apart: Rethinking the Holocene occupation of Cloggs Cave (East Gippsland, SE Australia) five decades after its initial archaeological excavation and in light of GunaiKurnai world views
David, B., Fresløv, J., Mullett, R., Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation, Delannoy, J.-J., McDowell, M., Urwin, C., Mialanes, J., Petchey, F., Wood, R., Russell, L., Arnold, L. J., Stephenson, B., Fullagar, R., Crouch, J., Ash, J., Berthet, J., Wong, V. N. L. & Green, H., 2021, In: Australian Archaeology. 87, 1, p. 1-20 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Late survival of megafauna refuted for Cloggs Cave, SE Australia: Implications for the Australian Late Pleistocene megafauna extinction debate
David, B., Arnold, L. J., Delannoy, J. J., Fresløv, J., Urwin, C., Petchey, F., McDowell, M. C., Mullett, R., Mialanes, J., Wood, R., Crouch, J., Berthet, J., Wong, V. N. L., Green, H., Hellstrom, J. & Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation, 1 Feb 2021, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 253, 15 p., 106781.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
17 Citations (Scopus)
Projects
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
Roberts, R. G. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), O'Connor, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lawson, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Jacobs, Z. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cohen, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Haberle, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bird, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ulm, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nakata, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cooper, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bradshaw, C. J. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Weyrich, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), David, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Russell AM, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Brook, B. W. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Johnson, C. N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Asmussen, B. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Knowles, C. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Torrence, R. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Slack, M. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Delannoy, J. J. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Leavesley, M. G. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Miller, G. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Schiffels, S. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Storey, M. (Partner Investigator (PI)), McNiven, I. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Agostinho, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Muller, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Llamas, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Mitchell, K. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Way, A. (Partner Investigator (PI))
Monash University – Internal University Contribution, Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution, Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation, Rock Art Australia Limited (trading as Kimberley Foundation Australia)
30/06/17 → 31/10/26
Project: Research