Deliberate selection of rocks in the construction of the Gummingurru Stone Arrangement Site Complex, Darling Downs, Queensland
Piotto, Elena, Ross, Anne, Perryman, Cassandra, and Ulm, Sean (2018) Deliberate selection of rocks in the construction of the Gummingurru Stone Arrangement Site Complex, Darling Downs, Queensland. Queensland Archaeological Research, 21. pp. 27-38.
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Abstract
This paper uses statistical analyses to examine the hypothesis that the creators of the Gummingurru Stone Arrangement Site Complex, southeast Queensland, deliberately selected rocks, based on size and shape, for the production of motifs at the site. As Gummingurru is an Aboriginal site, the literature that frames the research concerns Aboriginal cultural Law and worldviews. However, because the data are archaeological measurements, quantitative statistical methods are also employed. These quantitative results demonstrate deliberate selection of rocks occurred in the construction of four of the motifs at Gummingurru. We conclude that there are archaeological signatures of human behaviour in response to the requirements of cultural Laws with respect to the choice of raw materials, at least in stone arrangement sites.
| Item ID: | 54562 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1839-339X |
| Additional Information: | This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. |
| Funders: | Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), Australian Research Council (ARC) |
| Projects and Grants: | AIATSIS G07/7246, AIATSIS 2008/004543, ARC Future Fellowship project number FT120100656 |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jul 2018 22:51 |
| FoR Codes: | 45 INDIGENOUS STUDIES > 4501 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history > 450101 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander archaeology @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9503 Heritage > 950302 Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage @ 50% 95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9505 Understanding Past Societies > 950503 Understanding Australias Past @ 50% |
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