Function and change in aboriginal rock art, Western Australia

Bibliographic Data

ID3919232
AuthorsI M Crawford (Western Australian Museum, corresponding author)
Year1972
Volume3
Issue3
Pages301-312
Publication date1972-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.1972.9979512
OpenAlexW2072460526
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited8

Differing approaches to Aboriginal art are discussed, including those of the diffusionists, the art critics and the social anthropologists. Regional variations in the art are distinguished with reference to the art of Kimberley, the Western Desert and Pilbara. It is suggested that such regional variations have long been a characteristic of Aboriginal art. Studies of rock art may serve to underline the complexity of Aboriginal cultures, indicating a constant change within those cultures not shown as clearly either by anthropological or by archaeological research

Archaeology · Biology · Desert (philosophy · Epistemology · Ethnology · Function (biology · Geography · Rock art · Social function · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Philosophy · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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