The Contribution of Heritage Surveys towards Understanding the Cultural Landscape of the Weipa Bauxite Plateau
| Autor: | Justin Shiner, Michael A. Morrison |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
010506 paleontology
Archeology geography Engineering Plateau geography.geographical_feature_category 060102 archaeology business.industry Cultural landscape 06 humanities and the arts engineering.material 01 natural sciences Archaeology Cultural heritage Bauxite Peninsula Shell matrix Cultural heritage management Assemblage (archaeology) 0601 history and archaeology Social science business 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Australian Archaeology. 68:52-55 |
| ISSN: | 2470-0363 0312-2417 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03122417.2009.11681890 |
| Popis: | Five years of intensive cultural heritage surveys conducted as part of Rio Tinto Alcan's cultural heritage management programme on the bauxite plateau at Weipa have resulted in the recording of several site types not previously reported from the area. Whereas previous archaeological work focused almost exclusively on the shell matrix sites common to the coastal environments bordering the plateau (e.g. Bailey 1975, 1977), surface distributions of stone artefacts, scarred trees and earth mounds have now been identified across much of the region. We report results of the surveys and discuss the implications of these for our understanding of the broader cultural landscape of the Weipa Peninsula. The assemblage of sites from across the plateau indicates a complex, multitemporal cultural landscape that presents further avenues for collaborative research with Traditional Owners. Â Â |
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