Jakarda Wuka (too many stories) : narratives of rock art from Yanyuwa Country in Northern Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria / li-Yanyuwali-Wirdiwalangu (YanyuwaElders), Liam M. Brady, John Bradley, Amanda Kearney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

li-Yanyuwa li-Wirdiwalangu (Yanyuwa Elders), author.

Brady, Liam M., 1978- author.

Bradley, John, 1959 June 12- author.

Kearney, Amanda, author.

Series:

Tom Austen Brown studies in Australasian archaeology.

Tom Austen Brown studies in Australasian archaeology

Language:

Australian languages

English

Subjects (All):

Yanyuwa (Australian people).

Rock paintings--Australia--Carpentaria Basin (Qld. and N.T.).

Rock paintings.

Rock paintings--Australia--Carpentaria, Gulf of (N.T. and Qld.).

Art, Aboriginal Australian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : Sydney University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Jakarda Wuka (Too Many Stories) draws on a combined 70+ years of collaborative research involving Yanyuwa Elders, anthropologists, and an archaeologist to tell a unique story about the rock art from Yanyuwa Country in northern Australia's southwest Gulf of Carpentaria. Australia's rock art is recognised globally for its antiquity, abundance, distinctive motifs and the deep and abiding knowledge Indigenous people continue to hold for these powerful symbols. However, books about Australian rock art jointly written by Indigenous communities, anthropologists, and archaeologists are extremely rare.Combining Yanyuwa and western knowledge, the authors embark on a journey to reveal the true meaning of Yanyuwa rock art. At the heart of this book is the understanding that a painting is not just a painting, nor is it an isolated phenomenon or a static representation. What underpins Yanyuwa perceptions of their rock art is kinship, because people are kin to everything and everywhere on Country.Jakarda Wuka highlights the multidimensional nature of Yanyuwa rock art: it is an active social agent in the landscape, capable of changing according to different circumstances and events, connected to the epic travels and songs of Ancestral Beings (Dreamings), and related to various aspects of Yanyuwa life such as ceremony, health and wellbeing, identity, and narratives concerning past and present-day events.In a time where Indigenous communities, archaeologists, and anthropologists are seeking new ways to work together and better engage with Indigenous knowledges to interpret the "archaeological record", Jakarda Wuka delivers a masterful and profound narrative of Yanyuwa Country and its rock art.This project was supported by the Australian Research Council and the McArthur River Mine Community Benefits Trust.

Contents:

Cover

Tom Austen Brown Studies in Australasian Archaeology

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Figures

List of Maps

List of Tables

Glossary

Foreword

1 A story about Saltwater People and their rock art

2 A framework to understand Yanyuwa rock art: kinship and relationships

3 Creative expressions and rock art in the southwest Gulf of Carpentaria

4 Rock art of Wuyaliya clan Country

5 Rock art of Wurdaliya clan Country

6 Rock art of Rrumburriya clan Country

7 Rock art of Mambaliya-Wawukarriya clan Country

8 Mainland rock art: Rrumburriya and Wurdaliya

9 The importance of rock art and Country for Yanyuwa People

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print record.

Other Format:

Print version: Elders), li-Yanyuwa li-Wirdiwalangu (Yanyuwa Jakarda Wuka (Too Many Stories)

ISBN:

9781743328781

1743328788

9781743328798

1743328796

OCLC:

1378935843