DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.06.002
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85049077529
论文题名: Murujuga Rockshelter: First evidence for Pleistocene occupation on the Burrup Peninsula
作者: McDonald J. ; Reynen W. ; Ditchfield K. ; Dortch J. ; Leopold M. ; Stephenson B. ; Whitley T. ; Ward I. ; Veth P.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2018
卷: 193 起始页码: 266
结束页码: 287
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Dampier archipelago
; Lithic analysis
; Pleistocene occupation
; Rock art
Scopus关键词: Caves
; Rocks
; Sea level
; Archaeological records
; Dampier
; Environmental change
; Last Glacial Maximum
; Lithic analysis
; Pleistocene
; Procurement strategy
; Rock arts
; Employment
英文摘要: The Dampier Archipelago (including the Burrup Peninsula), now generally known as Murujuga, is a significant rock art province in north-western Australia which documents the transition of an arid-maritime cultural landscape through time. This archipelago of 42 islands has only existed since the mid-Holocene, when the sea level rose to its current height. Previous excavations across Murujuga have demonstrated Holocene occupation sequences, but the highly weathered rock art depicting extinct fauna and early styles suggests a far greater age for occupation and rock art production. The archaeological record from the Pilbara and Carnarvon bioregions demonstrates human occupation through 50,000 years of environmental change. While the regional prehistory and engraved art suggests that people were producing art here since they first occupied these arid rocky slopes, no clear evidence of Pleistocene occupation has been found across Murujuga, until now. Murujuga Rockshelter (MR1) reveals that occupation of this shelter began late in the Last Glacial Maximum, when the Murujuga Ranges would likely have served as one of a network of Pilbara refugia. In the terminal Pleistocene/Early Holocene, and likely in tandem with the last stages of sea level rise, the proportion of artefacts manufactured on exotic lithologies declines sharply, revealing a changed foraging range and increasing territorial focus in this period of increased demographic packing as the coastline advanced. Abandonment of the site as early as 7000 years ago is indicated, suggesting a changing resource focus to the increasingly proximal coastline. This paper provides the first evidence of how Aboriginal people adapted their Pleistocene procurement strategies in response to significant environmental and landscape changes in Murujuga. This changing logistical strategy provides an explanation for the increased rock art production in the terminal Pleistocene/Early Holocene. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/112116
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作者单位: Centre for Rock Art Research and Management, School of Social Sciences, M257, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; School of Agriculture and Environment, M079, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; In the Groove Analysis Pty Ltd, 16 Charlane Avenue, Indooroopilly, QLD 4068, Australia; Anthropological Studies Center, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati Avenue, Building 29, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, United States
Recommended Citation:
McDonald J.,Reynen W.,Ditchfield K.,et al. Murujuga Rockshelter: First evidence for Pleistocene occupation on the Burrup Peninsula[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2018-01-01,193