List of tables

Table 2.1 Geomorphological context of rock art sites.

Table 2.2 Descriptive statistics for the 77 surveyed rock art sites at Wulk Lagoon.

Table 2.3 Radiocarbon dates on charcoal from Test Pits B and C, MN05.

Table 3.1 General interpretation of the painted art at Ingaanjalwurr rockshelter.

Table 3.2 General classification and description of beeswax images from Ingaanjalwurr rockshelter.

Table 3.3 Radiocarbon dates from Ingaanjalwurr beeswax figures.

Table 3.4 Radiocarbon dates on charcoal from Ingaanjalwurr (Squares 1 and 2).

Table 4.1 Numbers of long-necked spearthrower paintings, by sub-type.

Table 5.1 Colours and colour combinations used to produce rock paintings at Madjedbebe.

Table 5.2 General interpretation of the painting forms at Madjedbebe.

Table 5.3 General interpretation of the stencils at Madjedbebe, with colours shown for the first three categories.

Table 5.4 Types of fish depicted at Madjedbebe.

Table 5.5 Proposed stylistic chronology for western Arnhem Land rock art.

Table 6.1 Number of individual Dynamic Figures recorded from Mirarr Country by each of Chaloupka’s Dynamic Figures phase.

Table 6.2 Average size of Dynamic Figures within a scene that includes both Phase 1 and Phase 2 anthropomorphs.

Table 7.1 Radiocarbon determinations.

Table 8.1 Listing of short-faced and long-faced kangaroos in the extinct megafauna cohort.

Table 9.1 European contact–period rock paintings in Jawoyn lands, southwestern Arnhem Land plateau.

Table 9.2 List of paintings overlying European contact motifs in Jawoyn lands, southwestern Arnhem Land plateau.

Table 9.3 Description of the pigment samples from Djurray site ARN-088/6.

Table 9.4 European contact–period artefacts found within rockshelters on the plateau (some sites contain more than one artefact type).

Table 9.5 Non-European artefacts made of organic materials found within rockshelters on the plateau (some sites contain more than one artefact type).

Table 9.6 Radiocarbon determinations on surface cultural features on the plateau, Jawoyn lands.

Table 9.7 Sites with European-contact imagery on the plateau in Jawoyn lands.

Table 10.1 Details of the excavated squares, Nawarla Gabarnmang.

Table 11.1 Panel E1: List of paintings and stencils.

Table 11.2 Panel E1: Superimpositions.

Table 11.3 Panel E1: Summary of the art phases.

Table 11.4 Square P: Details of Excavation Units.

Table 11.5 Square P: Sediment pH, percentage of organic matter and particle size analysis by XU.

Table 11.6 Square P: Radiocarbon determinations.

Table 11.7 Square P: Distribution of excavated cultural materials.

Table 11.8 Square P: Incidence of stone artefacts by raw material.

Table 11.9 Square P: Taxonomic determinations from bones and teeth in each XU.

Table 12.1 Radiocarbon dates on beeswax rock art.

Table 12.2 Summary of the Panel F1 art phases.

Table 12.3 Panel F1 motifs by art phase.

Table 12.4 Panel F1 colours by art phase.

Table 12.5 Summary of the Panel H art phases.

Table 12.6 Panel H motifs by art phase (excluding fragments).

Table 12.7 Panel H colours by art phase.

Table 12.8 Summary of the Panel D art phases.

Table 12.9 Panel D motifs by art phase.

Table 12.10 Panel D colours by art phase.

Table 12.11 Cross-correlation of panel phases and time periods.

Table 12.12 Motifs by cross-correlated time periods (total # of images = 324).

Table 12.13 Colours of images by cross-correlated time periods (total # of images = 324).

Table 13.1 Contents of site complexes.

Table 13.2 Number of rock art images at the major site of each site complex.

Table 13.3 Details of Excavation Units, Dalakngalarr 1, Square A.

Table 13.4 Stratigraphic Units, Dalakngalarr 1, Square A.

Table 13.5 List of excavated materials by XU, highlighted by SU, Dalakngalarr 1, Square A.

Table 13.6 Details of Excavation Units, Dalakngalarr 1, Square B.

Table 13.7 Stratigraphic Units, Dalakngalarr 1, Square B.

Table 13.8 General list of excavated materials by XU, Dalakngalarr 1, Square B.

Table 13.9 Radiocarbon dates from Dalakngalarr 1.

Table 13.10 Ochre pieces excavated from Dalakngalarr 1, Square A.

Table 13.11 Radiocarbon dates on the beeswax art of Dalakngalarr 1.

Table 14.1 Square A: Details of XUs.

Table 14.2 Square B: Details of XUs.

Table 14.3 Radiocarbon determinations.

Table 14.4 Square A: Distribution of excavated cultural materials.

Table 14.5 Square B: Distribution of excavated cultural materials.

Table 14.6 Squares A and B: Flaked stone artefacts by raw material.

Table 14.7 Square A: Flaked stone artefacts by fracture type.

Table 14.8 Square B: Flaked stone artefacts by fracture type.

Table 14.9 Square A: Complete quartzite flakes: Weights and dimensions.

Table 14.10 Square B: Complete quartzite flakes: Weights and dimensions.

Table 14.11 Square A XU26 red ochre crayon: Semi-quantitative chemical fingerprint of major (%), minor (%) and trace (ppm) elements on the ground surface of the crayon (<LOD = below limit of detection).

Table 14.12 Four-level hierarchical classification scheme applied to rock paintings and beeswax images.

Table 14.13 List of Level 4 (Specific Motif Form) paintings and beeswax images, plus the hand stencil, on the bedrock wall strata.

Table 14.14 Colour frequencies of all paintings, excluding the beeswax figures and stencil.

Table 15.1 Panel A: Simplified superimposition sequence involving the earliest and latest images (most recent image at top of table; earliest at bottom).

Table 15.2 Description of samples from JSARN–124 site 3.

Table 15.3 Details of Square A excavation, by XU.

Table 15.4 Radiocarbon determinations from Squares A–E.

Table 15.5 Excavated materials retained in 2 mm mesh sieves from Square A, by XU.

Table 15.6 Distribution of fracture types among the stone artefacts, Square A, by XU.

Table 15.7 Details of Square B excavation, by XU.

Table 15.8 Excavated materials retained in 2 mm mesh sieves from Square B, by XU.

Table 15.9 Quantitative composition of the two analysed pisoliths from XU21 and XU26 in Square B, as determined by PIXE analyses (in oxide weights).

Table 15.10 Distribution of fracture types among the stone artefacts, Square B, by XU.

Table 15.11 Details of Square C excavation, by XU.

Table 15.12 Excavated materials retained in 2 mm mesh sieves from Square C, by XU.

Table 15.13 Distribution of fracture types among the stone artefacts, Square C, by XU.

Table 15.14 Details of Square D excavation, by XU.

Table 15.15 Excavated materials retained in 2 mm mesh sieves from Square D, by XU.

Table 15.16 Distribution of fracture types among the stone artefacts from Square D, by XU.

Table 15.17 Details of Square E excavation, by XU.

Table 15.18 Excavated materials retained in 2 mm mesh sieves from Square E, by XU.

Table 15.19 Distribution of fracture types among the stone artefacts, Square E, by XU.