Contextualising Great Basin rock art. A spatial and stylistic analysis of Volcanic Tableland rock art.

Lucia Clayton

Research output: ThesisDoctoral Thesis

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Abstract

The Volcanic Tableland contains an array of archaeological sites created by Native American people, who significantly changed their settlement and subsistence strategies over time, from sporadic hunting to intensive plant processing. By adding rock art to other markers of past human behaviour I provide information regarding families and cultural group/s that occupied the Tableland since the Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene. I use stylistic and spatial analyses to identify a local rock art sequence, and to identify significant associations with other archaeological features. I also contextualise the rock art with projectile points and obsidian hydration readings to ascertain a potential absolute chronology.
Original languageEnglish
QualificationDoctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution
  • The University of Western Australia
Supervisors/Advisors
  • McDonald, Jo, Supervisor
  • Zeanah, David, Supervisor, External person
  • Basgall, Mark, Supervisor, External person
  • Paterson, Alistair, Supervisor
Thesis sponsors
Award date7 Oct 2021
DOIs
Publication statusUnpublished - 2021

Embargo information

  • Embargoed from 02/11/2023 to 01/11/2025. Will be made publicly available on 01/11/2025.

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