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Archaeology of powerful stones in the Australia‐Pacific region: an Introduction

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT Over millennia, and right across the globe, people have invested time and energy to create cultural landscapes that revolve around or incorporate powerful stones. Questions about the structured nature, distribution, source, or placement of stones (both within physical and meta‐physical worlds), pose intriguing theoretical and methodological challenges. Emic and etic perspectives may provide additional insights into the complex (often animate) nature of the stone, the purpose of which varied radically between communities. In this special number of Archaeology in Oceania we explore some of the ways in which First Nations and non‐Indigenous archaeologists address these potent features and objects, across widely varying chrono‐cultural contexts in the Australia–Pacific region.

Source: Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania

DOI: 10.1002/arco.5289

Authors: Duncan Wright, Geoffrey Clark, E. Jaydeyn Thomas, Sam Juparulla Wickman, Timothy Darvill

Institutions: Australian National University, The University of Queensland, Bournemouth University

Language: English

Topic: Australian Indigenous Culture and History

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,940

OpenAlex ID: W4323924901

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