Extraordinary Back-to-Back Human and Animal Figures in the Art of Western Arnhem Land, Australia: One of the World's Largest Assemblages

被引：1

作者：

Tacon, Paul S. C. ^{[1
,2
]}

May, Sally K. ^{[3
,4
]}

Goldhahn, Joakim ^{[5
]}

Taylor, Luke ^{[4
]}

Brady, Liam M. ^{[6
]}

Ressel, Alex ^{[7
]}

Jalandoni, Andrea ^{[1
]}

Wesley, Daryl ^{[6
]}

Maralngurra, Gabriel ^{[8
]}

机构：

[1] Griffith Univ, Griffith Ctr Social & Cultural Res, Pl Evolut & Rock Art Heritage Unit PERAHU, Gold Coast Campus, Gold Coast, Qld 4222, Australia

[2] Griffith Univ, Australian Res Ctr Human Evolut, Gold Coast Campus, Gold Coast, Qld 4222, Australia

[3] Univ Adelaide, Sch Humanities, Museum Studies, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia

[4] Griffith Univ, Griffith Ctr Social & Cultural Res, Gold Coast Campus, Gold Coast, Qld 4222, Australia

[5] Univ Western Australia, Ctr Rock Art Res Management, Sch Social Sci, M257, Perth, WA 6009, Australia

[6] Flinders Univ S Australia, Coll Humanities Arts & Social Sci, Sturt Rd, Bedford Pk, SA 5042, Australia

[7] Griffith Univ, Sch Humanities Languages & Social Sci, Gold Coast, Qld 4222, Australia

[8] Injalak Arts, Lot 383, Gunbalanya, NT 0822, Australia

来源：

CAMBRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL | 2022年 / 32卷 / 04期

基金：

澳大利亚研究理事会;

关键词：

DEPICTIONS;

D O I：

10.1017/S0959774322000129

中图分类号：

K85 [文物考古];

学科分类号：

0601 ;

摘要：

Depictions of mythical beings appear in many different forms of art world-wide, including rock art of various ages. In this paper we explore a particular type of imagery, back-to-back figures, consisting of two human-like figures or animals of the same species next to each other and facing in opposite directions. Some human-like doubles were joined at the back rather than side-by-side, but also face opposite directions. In this paper, we report on new research on rock art, bark paintings and recent paintings on paper and chart a 9000-year history of making aesthetically, symbolically and spiritually powerful back-to-back figures in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia.

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页码：707 / 720

页数：14