دنیای گمشدهٔ کیمبرلی: نگاهی فوق‌العاده به نیاکان عصر یخ استرالیا

Australia's Kimberley was the cultural hub of the Ice Age world. Today, it holds within its bounds the world's largest collection of Ice Age figurative art, giving us vital clues to the origins of other cultures and civilisations right across the world. Back at a time when most of Europe lay deep beneath ice sheets, a people in the remote and rugged Kimberley Ranges of north-west Australia created figurative paintings of such verve and talent that they surpass all other of the world's rock art. Known as 'Bradshaws', after pioneer farmer Joseph Bradshaw who chanced upon the first examples in 1891, the Kimberley paintings feature lithe, graceful human figures depicted in a fashion altogether different from that of even the oldest traditional art, providing extraordinary visual insights into the everyday lives of Ice Age people.So who were these Bradshaw people? When did they live? What happened to them? Ian Wilson describes the early research on the Bradshaw paintings, and explains how advanced dating techniques have shed new light on the findings. He explores the theories put forward on for the origins of these seafaring people; one possibility is that they arrived from the Andaman Islands, where pygmy-like tribes still survive. Farther afield still the author draws connections with Saharan peoples, and he even unearths startling similarities with South American tribes. Lost World of the Kimberley is a wide-ranging and provocative look at the very Australian, yet also potentially international, mystery of the Bradshaw paintings of the Kimberley one of Australia's least known, yet most extraordinary, national treasures. Extraordinary glimpses of Australia's Ice Age ancestors Front cover 1 Title page 2 About the author 3 CONTENTS 6 AUTHOR'S PREFACE 8 CHAPTER ONE Drop-in at Reindeer Rock 12 CHAPTER TWO Early rock art encounters 21 CHAPTER THREE Modern-day encounters 39 CHAPTER FOUR Twenty-nine in a boat 56 CHAPTER FIVE Hands of time 66 CHAPTER SIX 'Mother' and her 'dogs' 77 CHAPTER SEVEN 'Breadbaskets' and puppets 95 CHAPTER EIGHT Boat design pioneers 113 CHAPTER NINE Time of the spears 126 CHAPTER TEN Odes to the boomerang 146 CHAPTER ELEVEN A Bradshaw 'Lost City'? 159 CHAPTER TWELVE Follow that river 182 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Putting people to the paintings 197 CHAPTER FOURTEEN Putting dates to the paintings 216 CHAPTER FIFTEEN Putting genes to the paintings 232 CHAPTER SIXTEEN Tracing where they went 252 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Window on the world's oldest culture 268 PICTURE CREDITS 290 NOTES 292 BIBLIOGRAPHY 310 INDEX 319

this Provocative Anthropological Study Offers Insights Into The Thousands Of Paintings Found In Small, Raised caves On Cliff Faces In The Remote And Rugged Kimberley Ranges Of Northwest Australia. With Lithe, Graceful, Human Figures Depicted In A Fashion Altogether Different From That Of Even The Oldest Traditional Art, These Rock Paintings Have Astounded Experts Since Their Discovery In 1891. This Discussion Offers Intriguing Speculation Into Who The People Who Created These Paintings Could Be And Explains How New Dating Techniques Helped To Clear Up Many Unanswered Questions. Encapsulating The Mystery that Still Remains About these Paintings, This Fascinating Book Will Capture The Attention Of Anyone Interested In Art, Art History, Or Archeology.

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"Ian Wilson describes the early research on the Bradshaw paintings, and explains how advanced dating techniques have shed new light on the findings. He explores the theories put forward on the origins of these seafaring people; one possibility is that they arrived from the Andaman Islands, where pygmy-like tribes still survive. Farther afield still, the author draws connections with Saharan peoples, and he even unearths startling similarities with South American tribes." "Lost World of the Kimberley is a wide-ranging and provocative look at the very Australian, yet also potentially international, mystery of the Bradshaw paintings of the Kimberley-one of Australia's least known, yet most extraordinary, national treasures. Book jacket."--Jacket "Back at a time when most of Europe lay deep beneath ice sheets, a people in the remote and rugged Kimberley Ranges of north-west Australia created figurative paintings of such verve and talent that they surpass all other of the world's rock art." "Known as 'Bradshaws', after pioneer farmer Joseph Bradshaw who chanced upon the first examples in 1891, the Kimberley paintings feature lithe, graceful human figures depicted in a fashion altogether different from that of even the oldest traditional art, providing extraordinary visual insights into the everyday lives of Ice Age people." "So who were these Bradshaw people? When did they live? What happened to them?" Author's prefaceChapter 1 Drop-in at Reindeer Rock'Chapter 2 Rock art discoverersChapter 3 Today's great rock art hunter'Chapter 4 Twenty-nine in a boat Chapter 5 Hands of timeChapter 6 Mother' and her dogs'Chapter 7 Breadbaskets and puppetsChapter 8 Boat design pioneers Chapter 9 Time of the spearsChapter 10 Odes to the boomerangChapter 11 A Bradshaw lost city?'Chapter 12 Follow that riverChapter 13 Putting people to the paintingsChapter 14 Putting dates to the paintingsChapter 15 Putting genes to the paintingsChapter 16 Tracing where they wentChapter 17 Window on the world's oldest cultureNotes BibliographyChronology