Title Jakarda Wuka (Too Many Stories) : Narratives of Rock Art from Yanyuwa Country in Northern Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria / li-Yanyuwa li-Wirdiwalangu (Yanyuwa Elders), Liam M. Brady, John Bradley, Amanda Kearney

Published Sydney : Sydney University Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (345 p.) Series Tom Austen Brown studies in Australasian archaeology Tom Austen Brown studies in Australasian archaeology. Contents Cover -- Tom Austen Brown Studies in Australasian Archaeology -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Glossary -- Foreword -- 1 A story about Saltwater People and their rock art -- 2 A framework to understand Yanyuwa rock art: kinship and relationships -- 3 Creative expressions and rock art in the southwest Gulf of Carpentaria -- 4 Rock art of Wuyaliya clan Country -- 5 Rock art of Wurdaliya clan Country -- 6 Rock art of Rrumburriya clan Country -- 7 Rock art of Mambaliya-Wawukarriya clan Country 8 Mainland rock art: Rrumburriya and Wurdaliya -- 9 The importance of rock art and Country for Yanyuwa People -- References -- Index Summary Jakarda Wuka (Too Many Stories) draws on a combined 70+ years of collaborative research involving Yanyuwa Elders, anthropologists, and an archaeologist to tell a unique story about the rock art from Yanyuwa Country in northern Australia's southwest Gulf of Carpentaria. Australia's rock art is recognised globally for its antiquity, abundance, distinctive motifs and the deep and abiding knowledge Indigenous people continue to hold for these powerful symbols. However, books about Australian rock art jointly written by Indigenous communities, anthropologists, and archaeologists are extremely rare.Combining Yanyuwa and western knowledge, the authors embark on a journey to reveal the true meaning of Yanyuwa rock art. At the heart of this book is the understanding that a painting is not just a painting, nor is it an isolated phenomenon or a static representation. What underpins Yanyuwa perceptions of their rock art is kinship, because people are kin to everything and everywhere on Country.Jakarda Wuka highlights the multidimensional nature of Yanyuwa rock art: it is an active social agent in the landscape, capable of changing according to different circumstances and events, connected to the epic travels and songs of Ancestral Beings (Dreamings), and related to various aspects of Yanyuwa life such as ceremony, health and wellbeing, identity, and narratives concerning past and present-day events.In a time where Indigenous communities, archaeologists, and anthropologists are seeking new ways to work together and better engage with Indigenous knowledges to interpret the "archaeological record", Jakarda Wuka delivers a masterful and profound narrative of Yanyuwa Country and its rock art.This project was supported by the Australian Research Council and the McArthur River Mine Community Benefits Trust Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In Yanyuwa language and English Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 01, 2023) Subject Yanyuwa (Australian people) Rock paintings -- Australia -- Carpentaria Basin (Qld. and N.T.) Art, Aboriginal Australian. ART / History / Prehistoric Art, Aboriginal Australian Rock paintings Yanyuwa (Australian people) Yanyuwa / Yanuwa people (N153) (NT SE53-04) Yanyuwa people N153 Art - Rock art - Painting Art - Rock art Indigenous knowledge Social organisation - Kinship Gulf of Carpentaria (SD53, SD54, SE54) Genre/Form Electronic books Indigenous collection Form Electronic book Author Brady, Liam M., author Bradley, John, author Kearney, Amanda, author. ISBN 1743328796 9781743328781 1743328788 9781743328798

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