Petroglyphs and place: complex histories at four sites in New Britain

IF 1.1 3区 历史学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY
JIM SPECHT, ROBIN TORRENCE, KEN MULVANEY
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Abstract

The analysis of cultural practices at four sites near Cape Gloucester and on Uneapa and Garua Islands in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea shows how rock markings and boulder arrangements create special places within physical and social landscapes. Four kinds of rock markings are documented: cupules, abraded surfaces, geometric curvilinear and rectilinear (i.e., composed of straight lines) petroglyphs, and figurative forms including anthropomorphic heads and introduced animals. The placement of the art, together with the arrangement of boulders, implies that both restricted and open forms of ceremony were conducted. The similarities between these sites suggest the existence of a precursor to the well-documented recent interaction zone in this part of West New Britain. We speculate that these cultural practices have a much longer history than previously proposed for Island Melanesia.

岩画和地点:新不列颠四个遗址的复杂历史
对格洛斯特角附近的四个地点以及巴布亚新几内亚新不列颠西部的乌尼亚帕和加鲁阿群岛的文化习俗的分析显示,岩石标记和巨石排列如何在自然和社会景观中创造特殊的地方。记录的岩石标记有四种:凹痕、磨损表面、几何曲线和直线(即由直线组成)岩画,以及拟人头像和引入动物等形象形式。艺术品的放置,以及巨石的排列,暗示着进行了限制和开放形式的仪式。这些遗址之间的相似之处表明,在西新不列颠的这部分地区,存在着一个有充分记录的近代相互作用带的前身。我们推测,这些文化习俗的历史比之前提出的美拉尼西亚岛的历史要长得多。
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期刊介绍: Archaeology in Oceania is published online and in print versions three times a year: April, July, October. It accepts articles and research reports in prehistoric and historical archaeology, modern material culture and human biology of ancient and modern human populations. Its primary geographic focus is Australia, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and lands of the western Pacific rim. All articles and research reports accepted as being within the remit of the journal and of appropriate standard will be reviewed by two scholars; authors will be informed of these comments though not necessarily of the reviewer’s names.
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