It is done!
Now, onto phd applications…
Rock art tells of interactions between ancient Indonesians and Australians
August 12th, 2010 noelbynature Posted in Indonesia, Peripheral Southeast Asia, Rock Art No Comments »
The dating of Aboriginal Australian rock art depicting the contact between Makassan ships and indigenous Australians suggests that contact between the two communities existed at least a hundred years earlier than originally thought.
Australia’s rock art discovery – sailing vessels visit in mid-1600′s
Sail World.com, 25 July 2010
We have contact: rock art records early visitors
The Canberra Times, 24 July 2010
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And now, a shameless plug…
April 12th, 2010 noelbynature Posted in Malaysia, Rock Art 1 Comment »
I’m pleased to announce that the preliminary findings from my research at Gua Tambun in Perak (Malaysia) has been published in this May’s issue of Rock Art Research. It’s a short paper co-authored with my supervisor, Dr. Stephen Chia, about the findings of rock art at the site, including many panels of paintings that have gone unreported until now (hence the title, ‘new’). You can read the abstract after the jump, and order a copy of the journal here.
‘New’ Rock Art from Gua Tambun, Perak, Malaysia
Tan, N. H. and Chia, S.
Rock Art Research, 2010, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 9-18.
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Vietnamese rock art debuts in Sweden
July 29th, 2009 noelbynature Posted in Exhibitions, Museums, Rock Art, Vietnam No Comments »
The petroglyphs at Sapa will be featured in a special exhibition at the Vasterrbotten Museum in Sweden, to commemorate 40 years of Vietnam-Sweden relations.
Sapa ancient carved rock field to be introduced in Sweden
Vietnam Net Bridge, 28 July 2009
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Rock Art: Just another sign of mental impairment?
June 26th, 2009 noelbynature Posted in General Archaeology, Personal, Rock Art 1 Comment »
There’s an amusing story on BBC from Australia about wallabies being the explanation for crop circles. In the opium farms of Tasmania, wallabies who jump through the fences and eat the poppy end up getting “as high as a kite and going around in circles”, resulting in the familiar crop circles that we love to attribute to beings from outer space. Amusing as it sounds, crop circles, like rock art, can be classified as a type of landscape art, and the narcotic antics of these marsupials show us one possibility behind the rock art left by ancient peoples.
photo credit: Wm Jas
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Register now for the 2009 Rock Art Field School in Lenggong, Perak
June 9th, 2009 noelbynature Posted in Malaysia, Rock Art No Comments »
This year’s World Rock Art course jointly organised by Trent & Peak Archaeology of the University of Nottingham and Universiti Sains Malaysia is going to be slightly different from last year’s: it’s going to be a full-fledged field school, with a substantial portion spent in the Lenggong Valley of Perak (home of the Perak Man and prehistory central in Peninsular Malaysia) working on actual rock art. It’s a unique opportunity to get your hands on some real-world experience in rock art, archaeology and Malaysia.
New history gallery at the Sarawak Museum
March 30th, 2009 noelbynature Posted in Malaysia, Museums, Rock Art No Comments »
The newly-opened history gallery at the Sarawak Museum takes visitors to Sarawak’s past from the 7th century to today. I was particularly taken with the rock carving of the man on the boulder – whose name escapes me now.
Relics from the past at the Sarawak museum
The Star, 26 March 2009
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