Robert Gunn
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4525091 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Robert Gunn |
| PRENOMES | Robert |
| SOBRENOME | Gunn |
| ASSINATURA | GUNN R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7565-8697 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 42 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 145 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 41 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 3 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1971 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Superposition and sequence at the Wiradjuri site of Snake Rock, central New South Wales
Garden Range 2
This paper provides new insights into the long-term history of Aboriginal use of mountainous Victoria over the past 25,000 years. It presents results of excavations at Garden Range 2 rock art site located on the edge of the Strathbogie Ranges in central Victoria. The excavations were a research collaboration between the Taungurung Land and Waters Council (TLaWC) and Monash University. Results indicate possible ephemeral visitation by the Old Peop…
Stretching the Surrogate
This paper presents the initial results of a digitisation project exploring the combination of photogrammetric modelling with DStretch image enhancement and 3D model display within virtual reality head-mounted displays. Using the sites of Bunjil's Shelter and Gulgurn Manya within or near Gariwerd as case studies, the paper outlines a process for applying DStretch image enhancement to photogrammetry textures and reapplying these textures to the 3D…
Superpositions and superimpositions in rock art studies
Patterns of superposition in rock art are often used to systematically construct style sequences. However, once on the rock, images can affect subsequent engagements with the art, the rock surface, the site, and its surrounding landscape, and this recursiveness can be studied through the superimpositions (significantly overlaid markings) on a rock face. This is an opportunity for archaeologists to investigate the culture of engagement not just at…
Investigating the Anthropic Construction of Rock Art Sites Through Archaeomorphology
Dating painting events through by-products of ochre processing
The ‘direct’ dating of rock art has proliferated since the development of accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon, uranium-series and optically stimulated luminescence dating, yet still, most rock art is not directly datable due to the mineral nature of the constituent pigments. Here we present another method: the recovery and dating by stratigraphic association of small buried fragments of ochre and dried paint drops deposited onto soft sedime…
Kimberley Stout figures’
The rock art of Western Australia’s Kimberley region has been the subject of special attention by archaeologists and rock art enthusiasts since George Grey’s publication of the first illustration of it. Since then, researchers have tried to date and classify the Kimberley’s many rock art styles. To date, eight widespread and highly recognisable styles have been identified, but many motif types in a range of styles remain undescribed and lie outsi…
Nawarla Gabarnmang (Terre d’Arnhem, Australie)
Nawarla Gabarnmang est un site archéologique et pariétal majeur du nord de l’Australie. Sa fréquentation, quasi-continue depuis 50 000 ans, se traduit par un gisement exceptionnel de vestiges lithiques dont une des plus anciennes haches polies connues au monde (35 500 ans) et par une puissante ornementation des plafonds (fresques plurimétriques, superpositions de peintures, près de 1 400 entités graphiques reconnues...). Celle-ci a débuté vers 27…
Postcards from the outside
The archaeomorphological study of Nawarla Gabarnmang in Australia's Northern Territory challenges us to think in new ways about how Aboriginal people interacted with their surroundings; here a site of everyday engagement was a place of construction that retains material traces of past engagements. At Nawarla Garbarnmang, we show through archaeomorphological research how the changing physical layout of a site can be cross-examined against the impa…
Determining the age of paintings at JSARN–113/23, Jawoyn Country, central-western Arnhem Land plateau
Western Arnhem Land, in the Top End of Australia's Northern Territory, has a rich archaeological landscape, ethnographic record and body of rock art that displays an astonishing array of imagery on shelter walls and ceilings.While the archaeology goes back to the earliest period of Aboriginal occupation of the continent, the rock art represents some of the richest, most diverse and visually most impressive regional assemblages anywhere in the wor…
The archaeology of western Arnhem Land’s rock art
Up on the hill sides, among the rocks, wherever there is an overhanging shelter where the native can screen himself from the sun and rain, these drawings
Archaeology of JSARN–124 site 3, central-western Arnhem Land
terra australis
Engineers of the Arnhem Land plateau
The archaeomorphological study of Nawarla Gabarnmang in Australia's Northern Territory challenges us to think in new ways about how Aboriginal people interacted with their surroundings; here a site of everyday engagement was a place of construction that retains material traces of past engagements. At Nawarla Garbarnmang, we show through archaeomorphological research how the changing physical layout of a site can be cross-examined against the impa…
The past 500 years of rock art at Nawarla Gabarnmang, central-western Arnhem Land
Archaeology of rock art at Dalakngalarr 1, central-western Arnhem Land
Dating painted Panel E1 at Nawarla Gabarnmang, central-western Arnhem Land plateau
Western Arnhem Land, in the Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory, has a rich archaeological landscape, ethnographic record and body of rock art that displays an astonishing array of imagery on shelter walls and ceilings. While the archaeology goes back to the earliest period of Aboriginal occupation of the continent, the rock art represents some of the richest, most diverse and visually most impressive regional assemblages anywhere in the wo…
Geochemical analysis of the painted panels at the “Genyornis” rock art site, Arnhem Land, Australia
Art islands on the plateau
The surface of the Arnhem Land Plateau, northern Australia, contains numerous rock outcrops of varying size and geomorphic complexity. Erosion of these isolated outcrops has led to the development of discrete clusters of rockshelters that have become foci for Aboriginal use (site complexes). The clusters stand as islands within an archaeologically sparse sand plain. Here we investigate the distribution and patterns of use of rockshelters within 3…
The identification of extinct megafauna in rock art using geometric morphometrics
Rock Art and Ethnography in Australia
This chapter discusses the contribution of ethnography to the study of Australian rock art. With more than 100 years of ethnographic enquiry into rock art from across the country, valuable insights into the meaning, motives, function, and symbolism of images have been identified. However, with this information comes challenges with its use (and abuse), as well as the necessity to understand the cultural contexts of interpretation and meaning-maki…
The Use of Harris Matrices in Rock Art Research
The Harris Matrix was developed in the 1970s to correctly interpret the sequence of data derived from archaeological excavations. When layers of pigment are applied over surfaces to make rock art, they also form sequences through time. Understanding motif superimpositions is a key to understanding sequential changes in rock art repertoires. The use of the Harris Matrix in rock art research was first proposed by Chippindale and Taçon in the 1990s …
Social entrepreneurship (second edition)
Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship
Recognition as a framework for ethical participatory research
This paper reflects on a project which involved the authors working in partnership with a working group of looked after children and young people established by a small unitary local authority to develop a pledge defining what support, services and care looked after children can expect from them. The authors aimed to develop an approach which ensured that the young people’s voices were heard and also that the well-being of those involved as parti…
Nawarla Gabarnmang, a 45,180±910 cal BP Site in Jawoyn Country, Southwest Arnhem Land Plateau
Recent excavations at Nawarla Gabarnmang in Jawoyn country, southwest Arnhem Land have produced a long sequence of AMS radiocarbon determinations on individual pieces of charcoal reliably associated with stone artefacts dating back to 45,180±910 cal BP. It represents one of the earliest radiocarbon-dated archaeological sites in Australia. Here we report on initial results
The social construction of caves and rockshelters
Caves and rockshelters are a key component of the archaeological record but are often regarded as natural places conveniently exploited by human communities. Archaeomorphological study shows however that they are not inert spaces but have frequently been modified by human action, sometimes in ways that imply a strong symbolic significance. In this paper the concept of 'aménagement', the re-shaping of a material space or of elements within it, is …
Reflecting on Social Work
Superpositions and superimpositions in rock art studies
Patterns of superposition in rock art are often used to systematically construct style sequences. However, once on the rock, images can affect subsequent engagements with the art, the rock surface, the site, and its surrounding landscape, and this recursiveness can be studied through the superimpositions (significantly overlaid markings) on a rock face. This is an opportunity for archaeologists to investigate the culture of engagement not just at…
A Dingo Burial From the Arnhem Land Plateau
The skeleton of a mature dingo was found wrapped in paperbark and cached on a ledge in a rockshelter on the Arnhem Land plateau. Such burials have not previously been recorded from the region and are considered uncommon by contemporary Jawoyn elders. Radiocarbon dating of a vertebra from the skeleton provided a conventional radiocarbon age of 77±35 BP. This finding is discussed in relation to other recorded aspects of the dingo’s relationship wit…
Kimberley Stout figures’
The rock art of Western Australia’s Kimberley region has been the subject of special attention by archaeologists and rock art enthusiasts since George Grey’s publication of the first illustration of it. Since then, researchers have tried to date and classify the Kimberley’s many rock art styles. To date, eight widespread and highly recognisable styles have been identified, but many motif types in a range of styles remain undescribed and lie outsi…
Dating painting events through by-products of ochre processing
The ‘direct’ dating of rock art has proliferated since the development of accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon, uranium-series and optically stimulated luminescence dating, yet still, most rock art is not directly datable due to the mineral nature of the constituent pigments. Here we present another method: the recovery and dating by stratigraphic association of small buried fragments of ochre and dried paint drops deposited onto soft sedime…
Recognition as a framework for ethical participatory research
This paper reflects on a project which involved the authors working in partnership with a working group of looked after children and young people established by a small unitary local authority to develop a pledge defining what support, services and care looked after children can expect from them. The authors aimed to develop an approach which ensured that the young people’s voices were heard and also that the well-being of those involved as parti…
What Bird Is That? Identifying a Probable Painting of Genyornis newtoni in Western Arnhem Land
A large painting of an unusual emu-like bird was recorded in western Arnhem Land. The painting and its setting are described in relation to reported megafauna depictions in the region. Concordance with palaeontological evidence suggests that the painting was of Genyornis newtoni, one of the giant ‘thunder birds’ which some palaeontologists claim became extinct around 45,000 years ago. This image raises four particular questions: Is the painting 4…
The identification of extinct megafauna in rock art using geometric morphometrics
The Use of Harris Matrices in Rock Art Research
The Harris Matrix was developed in the 1970s to correctly interpret the sequence of data derived from archaeological excavations. When layers of pigment are applied over surfaces to make rock art, they also form sequences through time. Understanding motif superimpositions is a key to understanding sequential changes in rock art repertoires. The use of the Harris Matrix in rock art research was first proposed by Chippindale and Taçon in the 1990s …
Standing Stones
Undertaken as part of the Jawoyn Rock Art and Heritage Project, a form of stone arrangement not previously documented in Arnhem Land was found to occur at many recorded site complexes. These ‘standing stones’, or plaques, are flat slabs of unmodified sandstone, typically measuring ca 60 x 40 cm, that have been deliberately erected in a nearvertical position. While most are visually prominent, others are in very inconspicuous locations. The functi…
The power to shape decisions? An exploration of young people's power in participation
The participation of children and young people in social care decision-making in England is now widely accepted, supported by statute and enhanced by specific practice guidance. Drawing on data from 24 semistructured interviews with young people, local politicians, managers and front-line workers in three English social services departments, this paper explores the theoretical basis of young people's participation in the local policy process. In …
Investigating the Anthropic Construction of Rock Art Sites Through Archaeomorphology
Art islands on the plateau
The surface of the Arnhem Land Plateau, northern Australia, contains numerous rock outcrops of varying size and geomorphic complexity. Erosion of these isolated outcrops has led to the development of discrete clusters of rockshelters that have become foci for Aboriginal use (site complexes). The clusters stand as islands within an archaeologically sparse sand plain. Here we investigate the distribution and patterns of use of rockshelters within 3…
The Interpretation of Human Rights in English Social Work
Human rights are a central part of a social worker's value base in contemporary practice, but the structures by which social work services are delivered can adversely affect practitioners’ abilities to uphold service user rights. This article describes the organizational development of social work services in England and the evolution of a rights focus for the practice of social work. It uses two cases, participation by children and young people …
Dynamic sketches
A unique example of ‘Dynamic Figures’ style motifs drawn with dry pigment was recently located in south‐western Arnhem Land. One of these figures has been partially over‐painted with wet pigment, suggesting that the drawings were produced as sketches for the painting of Dynamic Figures. The implications for rock art research are discussed
Dating The Present At Nawarla Gabarnmang
Nawarla Gabarnmang is a major rock art and occupation rockshelter in the Jawoyn lands of western Arnhem Land. On the basis of (1) dating of beeswax underlying pigment art, (2) the presence of a probable contact motif, and (3) traditional owner comments, it appears that the most clearly visible art in the rockshelter was produced within an archaeologically narrow window of time in the past 600 years, with the most recent art production occurring b…
Archaeological research in Wardaman country, Northern Territory
The Lightning Brothers Project began in 1988 as a long-term investigation into the archaeology of Wardaman country, near the Victoria River (Northern Territory). This paper reports briefly on research undertaken during the 1990 and 1991 field seasons. Results obtained during the previous two field seasons have been reported elsewhere and will not be repeated here (cf. David et al. 1990a, 1990b, 1990c, 1991, 1992, 1994; David and Hood 1991; Flood …
Garden Range 2
This paper provides new insights into the long-term history of Aboriginal use of mountainous Victoria over the past 25,000 years. It presents results of excavations at Garden Range 2 rock art site located on the edge of the Strathbogie Ranges in central Victoria. The excavations were a research collaboration between the Taungurung Land and Waters Council (TLaWC) and Monash University. Results indicate possible ephemeral visitation by the Old Peop…
Stretching the Surrogate
This paper presents the initial results of a digitisation project exploring the combination of photogrammetric modelling with DStretch image enhancement and 3D model display within virtual reality head-mounted displays. Using the sites of Bunjil's Shelter and Gulgurn Manya within or near Gariwerd as case studies, the paper outlines a process for applying DStretch image enhancement to photogrammetry textures and reapplying these textures to the 3D…
A second recent canine burial from the Arnhem Land Plateau
A canine burial was recently located on the Arnhem Land Plateau. This is the second such feature recorded for the region. Radiocarbon dating of a vertebrae from the canine provided an age of 88±25 BP (Wk–31813). Both canine burials known from the area occur in similar archaeological contexts and are of similar age, suggesting there may be a cultural link between them
Wooden Artefacts from Gariwerd Rockshelters, Western Victoria
Two bark slabs recorded from a rock art shelter in Gariwerd (Grampians National Park), western Victoria, correspond to implements described in the ethnographic record for use in the curing of possum skins. Two other rock art shelters contained wooden pieces cut with steel blades. These artefacts support the excavated evidence that the use of some shelters in Gariwerd continued into the contact period, and also suggests that some shelters were use…
Milieu characteristics of successful psychiatric treatment programs
Characteristics of efficient (high turnover) and effective (low return rate) psychiatric units were examined. Nursing staff and patients tended to attribute negative characteristics to efficient units. Effective programs, on the other hand, were characterized as having motivated professional staff and active participant roles for both nursing staff and patients
Outreach as Case Finding
This article documents the process of an outreach program for locating disadvantaged women who, as a group, do not receive prenatal care early and have adverse pregnancy outcomes. Three full-time community residents searched for pregnant women for a year, being paid a commission for each woman that they found who enrolled for antenatal care. Outreach workers spent more than half of their time in the field, contacted 20 to 25 people per day, and u…
Archaeological research in Wardaman country, Northern Territory
The Lightning Brothers Project began in 1988 as a long-term investigation into the archaeology of Wardaman country, near the Victoria River (Northern Territory). This paper reports briefly on research undertaken during the 1990 and 1991 field seasons. Results obtained during the previous two field seasons have been reported elsewhere and will not be repeated here (cf. David et al. 1990a, 1990b, 1990c, 1991, 1992, 1994; David and Hood 1991; Flood …
Intimacy, Psyche, and Spirit in the Experience of Chinese and Japanese Calligraphy
Rock-art in the Tolmer sandstones, Northern Territory, Australia
Little has been reported of the rock-art in the area between Darwin and the Daly River, in the Northern Territory. Recent management surveys, however, have revealed that the northern end of the outcropping Tolmer Sandstone contains a small but significant corpus of rock-art. While having aspects in common with the adjacent areas of the Victoria/Upper Daly River region to the south-west and western Arnhem Land to the east, the differences are enou…
Reflecting on Social Work
The Interpretation of Human Rights in English Social Work
Human rights are a central part of a social worker's value base in contemporary practice, but the structures by which social work services are delivered can adversely affect practitioners’ abilities to uphold service user rights. This article describes the organizational development of social work services in England and the evolution of a rights focus for the practice of social work. It uses two cases, participation by children and young people …
Dynamic sketches
A unique example of ‘Dynamic Figures’ style motifs drawn with dry pigment was recently located in south‐western Arnhem Land. One of these figures has been partially over‐painted with wet pigment, suggesting that the drawings were produced as sketches for the painting of Dynamic Figures. The implications for rock art research are discussed
The power to shape decisions? An exploration of young people's power in participation
The participation of children and young people in social care decision-making in England is now widely accepted, supported by statute and enhanced by specific practice guidance. Drawing on data from 24 semistructured interviews with young people, local politicians, managers and front-line workers in three English social services departments, this paper explores the theoretical basis of young people's participation in the local policy process. In …
Wooden Artefacts from Gariwerd Rockshelters, Western Victoria
Two bark slabs recorded from a rock art shelter in Gariwerd (Grampians National Park), western Victoria, correspond to implements described in the ethnographic record for use in the curing of possum skins. Two other rock art shelters contained wooden pieces cut with steel blades. These artefacts support the excavated evidence that the use of some shelters in Gariwerd continued into the contact period, and also suggests that some shelters were use…
Paul Cooper
A Dingo Burial From the Arnhem Land Plateau
The skeleton of a mature dingo was found wrapped in paperbark and cached on a ledge in a rockshelter on the Arnhem Land plateau. Such burials have not previously been recorded from the region and are considered uncommon by contemporary Jawoyn elders. Radiocarbon dating of a vertebra from the skeleton provided a conventional radiocarbon age of 77±35 BP. This finding is discussed in relation to other recorded aspects of the dingo’s relationship wit…
What Bird Is That? Identifying a Probable Painting of Genyornis newtoni in Western Arnhem Land
A large painting of an unusual emu-like bird was recorded in western Arnhem Land. The painting and its setting are described in relation to reported megafauna depictions in the region. Concordance with palaeontological evidence suggests that the painting was of Genyornis newtoni, one of the giant ‘thunder birds’ which some palaeontologists claim became extinct around 45,000 years ago. This image raises four particular questions: Is the painting 4…
Nawarla Gabarnmang, a 45,180±910 cal BP Site in Jawoyn Country, Southwest Arnhem Land Plateau
Recent excavations at Nawarla Gabarnmang in Jawoyn country, southwest Arnhem Land have produced a long sequence of AMS radiocarbon determinations on individual pieces of charcoal reliably associated with stone artefacts dating back to 45,180±910 cal BP. It represents one of the earliest radiocarbon-dated archaeological sites in Australia. Here we report on initial results
Digital Enhancement of Deteriorated and Superimposed Pigment Art
This chapter contains sections titled: Abstract The Role of Digital Technology in Rock Art Research Methods of Enhancement Case Study 1: Recovering Pigment Art in Torres Strait, Northeastern Australia Case Study 2: Superimpositions in Jawoyn Country, Northern Australia Discussion Conclusion Acknowledgments References
Dating The Present At Nawarla Gabarnmang
Nawarla Gabarnmang is a major rock art and occupation rockshelter in the Jawoyn lands of western Arnhem Land. On the basis of (1) dating of beeswax underlying pigment art, (2) the presence of a probable contact motif, and (3) traditional owner comments, it appears that the most clearly visible art in the rockshelter was produced within an archaeologically narrow window of time in the past 600 years, with the most recent art production occurring b…
A second recent canine burial from the Arnhem Land Plateau
A canine burial was recently located on the Arnhem Land Plateau. This is the second such feature recorded for the region. Radiocarbon dating of a vertebrae from the canine provided an age of 88±25 BP (Wk–31813). Both canine burials known from the area occur in similar archaeological contexts and are of similar age, suggesting there may be a cultural link between them
Standing Stones
Undertaken as part of the Jawoyn Rock Art and Heritage Project, a form of stone arrangement not previously documented in Arnhem Land was found to occur at many recorded site complexes. These ‘standing stones’, or plaques, are flat slabs of unmodified sandstone, typically measuring ca 60 x 40 cm, that have been deliberately erected in a nearvertical position. While most are visually prominent, others are in very inconspicuous locations. The functi…
Recognition as a framework for ethical participatory research
This paper reflects on a project which involved the authors working in partnership with a working group of looked after children and young people established by a small unitary local authority to develop a pledge defining what support, services and care looked after children can expect from them. The authors aimed to develop an approach which ensured that the young people’s voices were heard and also that the well-being of those involved as parti…
The social construction of caves and rockshelters
Caves and rockshelters are a key component of the archaeological record but are often regarded as natural places conveniently exploited by human communities. Archaeomorphological study shows however that they are not inert spaces but have frequently been modified by human action, sometimes in ways that imply a strong symbolic significance. In this paper the concept of 'aménagement', the re-shaping of a material space or of elements within it, is …
Social entrepreneurship (second edition)
Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship
Postcards from the outside
The archaeomorphological study of Nawarla Gabarnmang in Australia's Northern Territory challenges us to think in new ways about how Aboriginal people interacted with their surroundings; here a site of everyday engagement was a place of construction that retains material traces of past engagements. At Nawarla Garbarnmang, we show through archaeomorphological research how the changing physical layout of a site can be cross-examined against the impa…
Determining the age of paintings at JSARN–113/23, Jawoyn Country, central-western Arnhem Land plateau
Western Arnhem Land, in the Top End of Australia's Northern Territory, has a rich archaeological landscape, ethnographic record and body of rock art that displays an astonishing array of imagery on shelter walls and ceilings.While the archaeology goes back to the earliest period of Aboriginal occupation of the continent, the rock art represents some of the richest, most diverse and visually most impressive regional assemblages anywhere in the wor…
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