Ascent to the sky. A shamanic initiatory engraving from the Burrup Peninsula, northwest Western Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6038662 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kim Sales (Archaeological Programme, Department of Geography University of Western Australia Nedlands 6007, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 22-36 |
| Publication date | 1992-04-01 |
| 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.1834-4453.1992.tb00280.x |
| OpenAlex | W2139043461 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 23 |
A ‘neuropsychological model’ has been proposed which links rock art production with shamanistic experiences whilst in altered states of consciousness. The model claims universality, and hence this paper seeks to apply it to a rock art panel from the Pilbara region, Western Australia, in an assessment of its utility. Evidence of shamanism as practiced in Australia is gleaned from the ethnographic literature, entoptic motifs are identified in Australian rock art and an interpretation of the particular panel is advanced in the light of this. The potential of the model to amplify our understanding of Australian rock art is indicated
Archaeology · Ethnography · Geography · Interpretation (philosophy · Peninsula · Rock art · Shamanism · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Philosophy · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology
Using the Significant Horizons Methodology to Determine Potential Astronomical Use of Aboriginal Stone Arrangements
Visions of Dynamic Power
Shamanism and rock art interpretation
Shamans/Neo-Shamans
Rock Art and Ritual
About time
The bwili or ‘flying tricksters’ of Malakula
Sally's Rockshelter and the Archaeology of the Vision Quest
Seeing and Construing
Shamanism in the postmodern world
Aboriginal men of high degree
Believing and seeing
Native Tribes of Central Australia
The Native Tribes of South-East Australia
The Native Tribes of South-East Australia
The Rai and the Third Eye North‐west Australian Beliefs
“Trade” in Aboriginal Australia, and “Trade” Relationships With Torres Strait, New Guinea and Malaya
“Trade” in Aboriginal Australia, and “Trade” Relationships With Torres Strait, New Guinea and Malaya
Wuradjeri Magic and “Clever Men”
The Rainbow Serpent in the Aboriginal Pantheon
Salvage Archaeology of the Burrup Peninsula
Elephants in Boxes
The Signs of All Times
The Rainbow-Serpent Myth of Australia
Cation-ratio dating of rock-engravings from the Olary Province of arid South Australia
Australian Aboriginal Anthropology
The Native Tribes of Central Australia
On Neuropsychology and Shamanism in Rock Art
Deaths and Entrances
Cognitive and Optical Illusions in San Rock Art Research
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,32 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2023 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |