Description |
xviii, 497 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Series |
Studies in indigenous history and culture |
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Studies in indigenous history and culture.
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Contents |
Background: Rock-art and the Torres Strait region -- Social organization and interaction in the Torres Strait region -- Understanding and recording Torres Strait rock art -- Torres Strait rock art: rock paintings of : Dauan, Iama, Pulu, Badu, Mua, Zurath, Kirriri, Muralag, Ngiangu, Somerset -- Patterning in Torres Strait region rock-art: Patterning and Association in Torres Strait region rock art -- Canoes, cosmology and Austronesian influences -- Conclusion: Rock-art in an interregional context |
Summary |
"Positioned at one of anthropology's most significant boundaries ... the Torres Strait Islands and their indigenous inhabitants have fascinated scientists for well over a century ... Pictures, Patterns, and Objects explores the rich yet relatively unknown rock-art of the area to investigate Islander artistic expression as an indicator of social interaction ... This richly illustrated study employs digital technology to recover rapidly fading rock paintings ... [Brady] outlines how Islander and Aboriginal artistic expression is part of a much broader regional sphere that traverses significant social and linguistic boundaries, and argues that patterns of interaction across the hunter-gatherer and horticultural peoples are far more extensive than previously thought."--Back cover |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [478]-493) and index |
Notes |
© Liam M. Brady 2010 |
Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Torres Strait Islands Region (Qld.) -- Antiquities
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia, northeastern -- Antiquities
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Queensland -- Torres Strait Islands -- Antiquities
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Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)
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Art, Aboriginal Australian.
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Art, Torres Strait Islander.
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Petroglyphs -- Australia -- Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)
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Rock paintings -- Australia -- Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)
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Rock paintings -- Australia -- Torres Strait Islands Region (Qld.)
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Rock paintings -- Australia, Northeastern
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Rock paintings -- Australia, northeastern
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Rock paintings -- Australia,northeastern
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Torres Strait Islanders -- Antiquities.
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Torres Strait Islanders -- Art.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia, Northeastern -- Antiquities
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SUBJECT |
Torres Strait Islands (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85136144 -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002344
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Torres Strait Islands Region (Qld.) -- Antiquities
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LC no. |
2010670955 |
ISBN |
9781921875069 |
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