Ana Paula Motta
Biographic Data
| ID | 4071728 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ana Paula Motta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ana Paula |
| FAMILY NAME | Motta |
| SIGNATURE | MOTTA A P |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Western Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9149-1885 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Ancestral Connections: Re-Evaluating Concepts of Superimpositioning and Vandalism in Rock Art Studies
The aim of this article is to comprehend the significance of superimpositions as social practices and processes and to deconstruct how notions of superimpositions and vandalism have been used in rock art studies. Although attempts in the past have been made to determine why certain motifs were intentionally placed on top of other images, superimposition and vandalism/iconoclasm are often – and unhelpfully – used interchangeably in rock art litera…
Linear Naturalistic Figures: A new Mid-to-Late Holocene Aboriginal rock art style from the northeast Kimberley, Australia
We argue for the inclusion of a new Mid-to-Late Holocene rock art style—the Linear Naturalistic Figures (LNF)—to the sequence of Kimberley rock art styles. These figures have been identified through formal and contextual analysis at 22 sites in the northeastern Kimberley. Linear Naturalistic Figures are primarily characterised by large naturalistic animal figures presenting a continuous or linear outline. An analysis of their subject matter and s…
Relational ontologies and performance: Identifying humans and nonhuman animals in the rock art from north-eastern Kimberley, Australia
South American Art
Recursivity in Kimberley Rock Art Production, Western Australia
Minjiwarra: Archaeological evidence of human occupation of Australia’s northern Kimberley by 50,000 BP
Recent archaeological research in Australia’s north-eastern Kimberley has luminescence dated a large red sedimentary feature, known as Minjiwarra, with artefacts in stratified contexts from the late Holocene to ∼50,000 years ago. This site is located on the Drysdale River, with preliminary excavations undertaken as part of an ARC Linkage Project. Deeply stratified sites in association with rockshelters are uncommon across the NE Kimberley and bas…
From Top Down Under: New Insights into the Social Significance of Superimpositions in the Rock Art of Northern Kimberley, Australia
Rock-art researchers have long acknowledged the importance of discerning superimposition sequences as a means for exploring chronology. Despite their potential for reconstructing painting events and thus informing on a site's production sequences, the social significance of superimpositions and their associated meanings have been little explored. In the Kimberley Region of northwestern Australia, interpretations of superimpositions as an analytic…
Phylogeny, Taxonomic Revision, and Character Evolution of the Genera Chiasmocleis and Syncope (Anura, Microhylidae) in Amazonia, with Descriptions of Three New Species
A taxonomic assessment of the microhylid genera Chiasmocleis and Syncope occurring in the Amazon basin and Guiana Shield is presented. Syncope Walker, 1973, is considered a junior synonym of Chiasmocleis Méhelÿ, 1904, based on the monophyly of the group as a unit. To avoid secondary homonymy with Syncope carvalhoi Nelson, 1975 (senior homonym), a replacement name, Chiasmocleis lacrimae, nom. nov., is given to Chiasmocleis carvalhoi Cruz, Caramasc…
Minjiwarra: Archaeological evidence of human occupation of Australia’s northern Kimberley by 50,000 BP
Recent archaeological research in Australia’s north-eastern Kimberley has luminescence dated a large red sedimentary feature, known as Minjiwarra, with artefacts in stratified contexts from the late Holocene to ∼50,000 years ago. This site is located on the Drysdale River, with preliminary excavations undertaken as part of an ARC Linkage Project. Deeply stratified sites in association with rockshelters are uncommon across the NE Kimberley and bas…
From Top Down Under: New Insights into the Social Significance of Superimpositions in the Rock Art of Northern Kimberley, Australia
Rock-art researchers have long acknowledged the importance of discerning superimposition sequences as a means for exploring chronology. Despite their potential for reconstructing painting events and thus informing on a site's production sequences, the social significance of superimpositions and their associated meanings have been little explored. In the Kimberley Region of northwestern Australia, interpretations of superimpositions as an analytic…
Relational ontologies and performance: Identifying humans and nonhuman animals in the rock art from north-eastern Kimberley, Australia
Ancestral Connections: Re-Evaluating Concepts of Superimpositioning and Vandalism in Rock Art Studies
The aim of this article is to comprehend the significance of superimpositions as social practices and processes and to deconstruct how notions of superimpositions and vandalism have been used in rock art studies. Although attempts in the past have been made to determine why certain motifs were intentionally placed on top of other images, superimposition and vandalism/iconoclasm are often – and unhelpfully – used interchangeably in rock art litera…
Linear Naturalistic Figures: A new Mid-to-Late Holocene Aboriginal rock art style from the northeast Kimberley, Australia
We argue for the inclusion of a new Mid-to-Late Holocene rock art style—the Linear Naturalistic Figures (LNF)—to the sequence of Kimberley rock art styles. These figures have been identified through formal and contextual analysis at 22 sites in the northeastern Kimberley. Linear Naturalistic Figures are primarily characterised by large naturalistic animal figures presenting a continuous or linear outline. An analysis of their subject matter and s…
Phylogeny, Taxonomic Revision, and Character Evolution of the Genera Chiasmocleis and Syncope (Anura, Microhylidae) in Amazonia, with Descriptions of Three New Species
A taxonomic assessment of the microhylid genera Chiasmocleis and Syncope occurring in the Amazon basin and Guiana Shield is presented. Syncope Walker, 1973, is considered a junior synonym of Chiasmocleis Méhelÿ, 1904, based on the monophyly of the group as a unit. To avoid secondary homonymy with Syncope carvalhoi Nelson, 1975 (senior homonym), a replacement name, Chiasmocleis lacrimae, nom. nov., is given to Chiasmocleis carvalhoi Cruz, Caramasc…
Minjiwarra: Archaeological evidence of human occupation of Australia’s northern Kimberley by 50,000 BP
Recent archaeological research in Australia’s north-eastern Kimberley has luminescence dated a large red sedimentary feature, known as Minjiwarra, with artefacts in stratified contexts from the late Holocene to ∼50,000 years ago. This site is located on the Drysdale River, with preliminary excavations undertaken as part of an ARC Linkage Project. Deeply stratified sites in association with rockshelters are uncommon across the NE Kimberley and bas…
From Top Down Under: New Insights into the Social Significance of Superimpositions in the Rock Art of Northern Kimberley, Australia
Rock-art researchers have long acknowledged the importance of discerning superimposition sequences as a means for exploring chronology. Despite their potential for reconstructing painting events and thus informing on a site's production sequences, the social significance of superimpositions and their associated meanings have been little explored. In the Kimberley Region of northwestern Australia, interpretations of superimpositions as an analytic…
South American Art
Recursivity in Kimberley Rock Art Production, Western Australia
Relational ontologies and performance: Identifying humans and nonhuman animals in the rock art from north-eastern Kimberley, Australia
Ancestral Connections: Re-Evaluating Concepts of Superimpositioning and Vandalism in Rock Art Studies
The aim of this article is to comprehend the significance of superimpositions as social practices and processes and to deconstruct how notions of superimpositions and vandalism have been used in rock art studies. Although attempts in the past have been made to determine why certain motifs were intentionally placed on top of other images, superimposition and vandalism/iconoclasm are often – and unhelpfully – used interchangeably in rock art litera…
Linear Naturalistic Figures: A new Mid-to-Late Holocene Aboriginal rock art style from the northeast Kimberley, Australia
We argue for the inclusion of a new Mid-to-Late Holocene rock art style—the Linear Naturalistic Figures (LNF)—to the sequence of Kimberley rock art styles. These figures have been identified through formal and contextual analysis at 22 sites in the northeastern Kimberley. Linear Naturalistic Figures are primarily characterised by large naturalistic animal figures presenting a continuous or linear outline. An analysis of their subject matter and s…
Archaeology (6 works) · History (6 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (5 works) · Rock art (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Biology (2 works)