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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 218-235 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Antiquity: a quarterly review of archaeology |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue number | 367 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 18 Feb 2019 |
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So ends this day : American whalers in Yaburara country, Dampier Archipelago. / Paterson, Alistair; Ross, Anderson; Mulvaney, Ken; de Koning, Sarah; Dortch, Joseph; McDonald, Josephine.
In: Antiquity: a quarterly review of archaeology, Vol. 93, No. 367, 18.02.2019, p. 218-235.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
TY - JOUR
T1 - So ends this day
T2 - American whalers in Yaburara country, Dampier Archipelago
AU - Paterson, Alistair
AU - Ross, Anderson
AU - Mulvaney, Ken
AU - de Koning, Sarah
AU - Dortch, Joseph
AU - McDonald, Josephine
PY - 2019/2/18
Y1 - 2019/2/18
N2 - Research to document Aboriginal occupation across the Dampier Archipelago has also encountered the earliest archaeological evidence for the presence of American whalers in North West Australia. Inscriptions in the form of rock engravings made by the crews of the whaling ships Connecticut (1842) and Delta (1849) have been discovered on Rosemary and West Lewis Islands. These maritime inscriptions are uniquely superimposed over earlier Indigenous rock art motifs, appearing to represent distinct mark-making practices by the whalers on encountering an already-inscribed landscape, and thus providing insight into the earliest phases of North West Australia's colonial history. © Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2019.
AB - Research to document Aboriginal occupation across the Dampier Archipelago has also encountered the earliest archaeological evidence for the presence of American whalers in North West Australia. Inscriptions in the form of rock engravings made by the crews of the whaling ships Connecticut (1842) and Delta (1849) have been discovered on Rosemary and West Lewis Islands. These maritime inscriptions are uniquely superimposed over earlier Indigenous rock art motifs, appearing to represent distinct mark-making practices by the whalers on encountering an already-inscribed landscape, and thus providing insight into the earliest phases of North West Australia's colonial history. © Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2019.
KW - Archaeology
KW - Rock art
KW - Whaling
KW - western australia
KW - Australia and New Zealand
KW - Historical archaeology
U2 - 10.15184/aqy.2018.186
DO - 10.15184/aqy.2018.186
M3 - Review article
VL - 93
SP - 218
EP - 235
JO - Antiquity
JF - Antiquity
SN - 0003-598X
IS - 367
ER -