FA 30a Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hematite, Madjedbebe, Arnhem Land
Document Summary
Drawn in fine detail with accurate anatomical proportioning. Woman with accurate but large hips and men with longish legs. Gabarnmung , or nawarla gabarnmung, is an aboriginal archaeological and rock art site in south-western arnhem land, in the top end of australia"s northern territory. Fish, including the barramundi, wallabies, crocodiles. People and spiritual figures. most of the paintings are located on the shelter"s ceiling, Many are found on the walls and pillars of the site. Indicates that the ceiling must have been painted before 28,000 years ago. Radiocarbon dating of charcoal excavated from the base of the lowest stratigraphic layer of the floor returned a mean age of 45,189 1089 years cal bp suggesting the oldest date for the earliest human habitation. Faceted and use-striated hematite crayons have been recovered from nearby locations (malakunanja ii and nauwalabila 1) in strata dated from 45,000 to.
