Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, UWA, Australia
@crar-m.bsky.social
We work collaboratively with Aboriginal communities, mostly in Western Australia, to understand and manage rock art - petroglyphs, pigment and other symbolic behaviours. From deep time through to contemporary values
Happy #IWD2025! From the women of CRAR+M and to all the amazing women in our field! 'March Forward: For ALL Women and Girls' reminds us of the diverse and inspiring women we engage with—Elders, rangers, community leaders, researchers, academics, industry partners, and many more
New rock art paper using face recognition software to help understand the subtle nuances of stylistic variability in ancient Pilbara kangaroo motifs! Open Source!
Jo McDonald@jojomcd.bsky.social · 2y agoDelighted that this paper has arrived just in time for the Festive Season!! A pioneering analysis the Pilbara fat-tailed macropod. Pilbara artists depicted this motif in very similar ways, with posture and gait accounting for most stylistic differences.
Great paper detailing collaborative research on Wintawari Guruma country - what is a fat tailed macropod!!?
Jo McDonald@jojomcd.bsky.social · 2y agoDelighted that this paper has arrived just in time for the Festive Season!! A pioneering analysis the Pilbara fat-tailed macropod. Pilbara artists depicted this motif in very similar ways, with posture and gait accounting for most stylistic differences.
Fantastic to see that Living Water Heritage - River, Land and Sea Country of the West Kimberley has won the Heritage Council's Professor David Dolan Award for Interpretation! Congratulations to the Martuwarra team that includes our CRAR+M colleague Dr Sven Ouzman! www.wa.gov.au/government/a...
2024 Western Australian Heritage Awards
The 2024 Western Australian Heritage Awards received 55 outstanding nominations celebrating the state’s rich heritage.
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Paper just out on deep time personal ornamentation in northwest Australia www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Late Pleistocene scaphopod beads from Boodie Cave and deep time traditions of personal ornamentation in northwest Australia
Tubular segments of Scaphopoda (tusk shell) were traditionally used by Aboriginal peoples in the manufacture of ornate bead necklaces across northwest Australia. Twenty-seven scaphopod shell beads ...
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