Understanding human occupation and mobility in Australia's northeast Kimberley during the late Pleistocene and the Holocene. A GIS spatial analysis of rock art and archaeological site distribution patterns

Mariangela Lanza

doi:10.26182/97jq-9288

Understanding human occupation and mobility in Australia's northeast Kimberley during the late Pleistocene and the Holocene. A GIS spatial analysis of rock art and archaeological site distribution patterns

Mariangela Lanza

School of Social Sciences

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Abstract

This research employed a multi-scalar GIS approach to analyse rock art and surface archaeological sites from two contiguous segments of the Drysdale and King George River catchments, located In the northeast Kimberley, Australia. This spatial analysis examined changes in peoples' occupation and mobility patterns during the terminal Pleistocene and Holocene and how these were conditioned by climatic fluctuations and/or social and symbolic dynamics related to territoriality and Interconnectivity. The results provided a comprehensive 'dialectical' model of occupation and mobility, which has captured both the complexity and contradictory nature of the interplay between responsivity and agency in human behaviour.

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution	The University of Western Australia
Supervisors/Advisors	Ouzman, Sven, Supervisor Veth, Pete, Supervisor Porr, Martin, Supervisor Whitley, Thomas, Supervisor
Thesis sponsors	Australian Government Research Training Program
Award date	9 Jul 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26182/97jq-9288
Publication status	Unpublished - 2022

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