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Exploring the Australian Kimberley in 2002 |
Plate 16(3) |
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Click Here| Site / Plate Number | ||||||
| Site 1 | 19(1) | 20(1) | 21(1) | 22(1) | 23(1) | 24(1) |
| Site 2 | 26(1) | 27(1) | ||||
| Site 3 | 32(1) | |||||
| Site 6 | 10(2) | 11(2) | ||||
| Site 7 | 16(2) | 17(2) | ||||
| Site 8 | 18(2) | |||||
| Site 9 | 24(2) | |||||
| Site 13 | 15(3) | 16(3) | ||||
| Site 14a | 7(4) | |||||
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Plate 16 (3)
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| Figure | 16(3)* |
| Location | Plateau between the Moran and Roe Rivers |
| GPS Coordinates |
Undisclosed |
| Site Number | 13 |
| Other Plates from this site | 15(3)* |
| Location Plate | 14(2)* |
| Location Description |
The art site is in a small overhang under a sandstone prominence on the otherwise flat plateau surface. The overhang is extensively decorated with cupules and grooves. |
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Comments
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This art is mid way up on the wall of the overhang. It is well preserved. |
| Interpretation | The panel comprises thirty to forty shallow pounded pits, or cupules, up to five centimetres in diameter. At their centres, the cupules are up to 5mm deep. In contrast to the abraded grooves in Plate 15(3), most cupules are coated with a siliceous patina which suggests antiquity.It is possible that the cupules are 'gestural' marks resulting from rain-making or other increase ceremonies ñ the pounding releasing some of the life essence of a totemic being impregnated within the rock. |
