Bücher von Jo Mcdonald

Murujuga: Dynamics of the Dreaming was an Australian ResearchCouncil Linkage Project (LP140100393) administered by the Centrefor Rock Art Research and Management (CRAR+M) at the Universityof Western Australia (UWA). This project involved Murujuga AboriginalCorporation (MAC) as collaborating organisation and Rio Tinto as thepartner organisation. Field-based research ran from 2014 to 2018. Thisaimed to provide scientific evidence to protect and understand theNational Heritage-listed rock art and stone structures of Murujuga(Burrup Peninsula) and Dampier Archipelago and provide newevidence in support of the World Heritage nomination of this property.Rio Tinto's involvement is founded on its conservationagreement with the Commonwealth, which funds research intothe values of the National Heritage Listed Place. This support hasincluded the initial endowment of the Rio Tinto Chair of Rock ArtStudies at UWA as well as ongoing funding support through theRio Tinto UWA Memorandum of Understanding, which employs theCRAR+M Database Manager, and funds the annual Murujuga rockart field schools and capacity for research projects in the Pilbarawith other Pilbara communities.In keeping with the goals of the CRAR+M monograph series, thisvolume is data rich, with detailed information about the rock art,stone structures and excavated sites researched by this project.Throughout the project's fieldwork, the researchers met regularlywith the Murujuga Circle of Elders to update them on results andto seek permissions for the next phase of fieldwork. All imageryincluded in this monograph has been cleared for publication byMAC. Additional imagery and educational content can be foundon the CRAR+M website (www.crarm.uwa.edu.au/m2), wheredigital versions of individual chapters from this monograph canalso be accessed.About the editors: Jo McDonald and Ken Mulvaney havebrought their considerable national experience and locally honedexpertise to combine their roles in the academy and industry,to undertake the fieldwork and oversee the completion of thedocumentation for this monograph.