Murujuga: Rock Art, Heritage, and Landscape Iconoclasm
José Antonio González Zarandona, "Murujuga: Rock Art, Heritage, and Landscape Iconoclasm"
English | ISBN: 0812251563 | 2020 | 344 pages | PDF | 35 MB
English | ISBN: 0812251563 | 2020 | 344 pages | PDF | 35 MB
A fascinating case study of the archaeological site at Murujuga, Australia
Located in the Dampier Archipelago of Western Australia, Murujuga is the single largest archaeological site in the world. It contains an estimated one million petroglyphs, or rock art motifs, produced by the Indigenous Australians who have historically inhabited the archipelago. To date, there has been no comprehensive survey of the site's petroglyphs or those who created them. Since the 1960s, regional mining interests have caused significant damage to this site, destroying an estimated 5 to 25 percent of the petroglyphs in Murujuga. Today, Murujuga holds the unenviable status of being one of the most endangered archaeological sites in the world.
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