Australian Museum Journal The depiction of species in macropod track engravings at an Aboriginal art site in western New South Wales. In F.D. McCarthy, Commemorative Papers (Archaeology, Anthropology, Rock Art), ed. Jim Specht
- Shortform:
- McDonald, 1993, Rec. Aust. Mus., Suppl. 17: 105–115
- Author(s):
- McDonald, J.
- Year published:
- 1993
- Title:
- The depiction of species in macropod track engravings at an Aboriginal art site in western New South Wales. In F.D. McCarthy, Commemorative Papers (Archaeology, Anthropology, Rock Art), ed. Jim Specht
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement
- Volume:
- 17
- Start page:
- 105
- End page:
- 115
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0812-7387.17.1993.62
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 27 May 1993
- Cover date:
- 27 May 1993
- ISBN:
- ISBN 0-7310-0280-6
- ISSN:
- 0812-7387
- CODEN:
- RAMSEZ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- ABORIGINES: AUSTRALIAN; CULTURE: INDIGENOUS; ETHNOGRAPHY
- Digitized:
- 16 June 2009
- Reference number:
- 62
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (105kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1391kb PDF)
Abstract
The research reported in this paper investigates variability in a motif type. The material used consisted of engraved macropod tracks from a Panaramitee style Aboriginal engraving site in western New South Wales. The analysis consisted of two experiments one on zoological specimens and the other on an archaeological assemblage. The zoological experiment investigated macropodid taxonomy on the basis of pes morphology, while the archaeological experiment searched for patterning within the engraved macropod track assemblage. Principal Component Analysis and Cluster Analysis were the statistical methods employed. A major proportion of the variability observed within the track engravings was explained in terms of macropod species differentiation.