Bedrock notions and isochrestic choice
Evidence for localised stylistic patterning in the engravings of the Sydney region
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6038659 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Mcdonald (0000-0002-2701-7406, 15 Bankside Ave Undercliffe NSW 2206, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 145-160 |
| Publication date | 1999-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0728-4896 • E-ISSN: 1834-4453 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1834-4453.1999.tb00444.x |
| OpenAlex | W2043013949 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 30 |
This paper explores stylistic variability in engraved art in the Sydney region. It is argued that engravings operated in a distinctive social context, fulfilling a regional bonding function and providing the opportunity for large scale group cohesion. Conversely the sheltered pigment art, produced in an arguably domestic social context, is thought to have provided the opportunity for individual and localised group identifying behaviour.The region's open engravings are considered to be the stylistically more conservative of the two art components. This paper explores rare engraved motifs and compositional details in an attempt to explore the artists of this region's bedrock notions and isochrestic choices (Sackett 1990). It concludes that by exploring regional patterning at a variety of integrated scales we can understand better the processes and complexities of a regional rock art network
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Bedrock · Cohesion (chemistry · Context (archaeology · Engraving · Rock art · Visual arts · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology
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| Citations per year | 0,42 |
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