LEADER 04302nam 22005533 450 001 9910854299003321 005 20250314080358.0 010 $a9781784919771 010 $a1784919772 035 $a(CKB)4900000000578604 035 $a(BIP)080312110 035 $a(BIP)065327562 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31204040 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31204040 035 $a(OCoLC)1240187771 035 $a(EXLCZ)994900000000578604 100 $a20250314d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRockshelter Excavations in the East Hamersley Range, Pilbara Region, Western Australia 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford :$cArchaeopress,$d2018. 210 4$dİ2018. 215 $cill 311 08$a9781784919764 311 08$a1784919764 330 8 $aRockshelter Excavations in the East Hamersley Range' offers a detailed study of six exceptional rockshelter sites from the inland Pilbara Region of Western Australia. It provides highly descriptive, chapter-length accounts of archaeological investigations at Jundaru, Djadjiling, HS-A1, HD073APAD13, PAD 3, and HD073A03 rockshelters, which were excavated as part of a mitigative salvage program conducted at the Hope Downs 1 mine between 2007 and 2010. The research findings show that early Aboriginal peoples initially occupied the area ca. 45,000 years ago, demonstrating that the east Hamersley Range contains some of the oldest known Aboriginal archaeological sites in the Australian arid zone. The story of the Pleistocene and Holocene Aboriginal occupation at Hope Downs 1 is long and complex. Using an extensive radiocarbon and OSL chronology that spans from >47,000 years ago to the recent past, the story of the Aboriginal archaeological record is explored via prominent changes in lithic technology, artefact use-wear/residues, combustion features, faunal remains, rockshelter geomorphology, archaeomagnetism, and pollen/phytolith analysis. The work investigates the early occupation of the region and examines the archaeological evidence for occupation during the last glacial maximum. It chronicles significant changes in Aboriginal stone artefact technology over time with its analysis of more than 35,000 chipped stone artefacts. Consisting of 18 chapters, the volume is rich with colour photographs, illustrations, and figures, including highresolution images of the rockshelter sites, excavations, stratigraphic sections, cultural features, and artefacts. It includes a foreword by the Martidja Banyjima elders, who contextualise the cultural importance of this work to Banyjima Peoples and Traditional Owners of the region. The monograph also includes comprehensive synthesis of the regional archaeological record by the editors and a chapter on Banyjima culture and traditions by consulting anthropologists Dr Nadia Butler, Dr Neale Draper, and Fiona Sutherland. Many specialist studies were commissioned for the Hope Downs work, including an archaeomagnetism report by Dr Andy Herries (LaTrobe University), a faunal analysis study by Dr. Matthew McDowell (University of Tasmania), a phytolith analysis by Dr Lynley Wallis (University of Notre Dame Australia), a palynological study by Dr Simon Haberle, Feli Hopf, and Dr Phil Roberts (Australian National University), artefact usewear/residue analysis by Dr Richard Fullagar (University of Wollongong), optically stimulated luminescence dating by Frances Williams (University of Adelaide), and a rockshelter geomorphological study by Prof Martin Williams (University of Adelaide). 610 $aExcavations (archaeology) 610 $aCaves 610 $aAboriginal australians 610 $aAustralia 610 $aSocial science 610 $aScience 676 $a994.1301 700 $aCropper$b Dawn$01794626 701 $aLaw$b W. Boone$01794627 701 $aParker$b Maitland$01794628 701 $aParker$b Slim$01794629 701 $aElders$b Martidja Banyjima$01794630 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910854299003321 996 $aRockshelter Excavations in the East Hamersley Range, Pilbara Region, Western Australia$94335425 997 $aUNINA