Archaeology and art in context: Excavations at the Gunu Site Complex, Northwest Kimberley, Western Australia

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 2; p. e0226628
• Main Authors: Moore, Mark W, Westaway, Kira, Ross, June, Newman, Kim, Perston, Yinika, Huntley, Jillian, Keats, Samantha, Morwood, Michael J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 05.02.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Archaeology; Art galleries & museums; Biology and Life Sciences; Caves; Crystals; Earth Sciences; Evolution; Geography; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Modern art; Morwood, Mike; Native peoples; Percussion; Petroglyphs; Physical Sciences; Pigments; Production management; Projectiles; Quartz; Quartz crystals; Quartzite; Research and Analysis Methods; Rivers; Rocks; Social Sciences; Stone; Topography; Western Australia; Western Australia; Australia; England; Queensland Australia; Western Australia Australia; New South Wales Australia

The Kimberley region of Western Australia is one of the largest and most diverse rock art provenances in the world, with a complex stylistic sequence spanning at least 16 ka, culminating in the modern art-making of the Wunumbal people. The Gunu Site Complex, in the remote Mitchell River region of th...