Aboriginal Oral Traditions of Australian Impact Craters

Autor:	Hamacher, Duane W., Goldsmith, John
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics Physics - Geophysics Physics - Physics and Society
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	We explore Aboriginal oral traditions that relate to Australian meteorite craters. Using the literature, first-hand ethnographic records, and fieldtrip data, we identify oral traditions and artworks associated with four impact sites: Gosses Bluff, Henbury, Liverpool, and Wolfe Creek. Oral traditions describe impact origins for Gosses Bluff, Henbury, and Wolfe Creek craters and non-impact origins of Liverpool crater, with Wolfe Creek and Henbury having both impact and non-impact origins in oral tradition. Three impact sites that are believed to have formed during human habitation of Australia - Dalgaranga, Veevers, and Boxhole - do not have associated oral traditions that are reported in the literature. Comment: Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 16(3), in press
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.0278 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv