"But we know of no other rock art site anywhere in the world with a narrative that runs across the entirety of the site. "All rock art sites have or once had stories associated with particular designs and the sites themselves, as well as the landscapes they are a part of," Professor Tacon said. Some of the Seven Sisters stories have an unpleasant or violent side, but Professor Tacon said this depiction of the actions of the sisters and their pursuer in an ancient era of the Dreamtime led to the creation of landscape features across Australia that remain today. Seven Sisters stories the world over share many features including a connection with the Pleiades star cluster and the Orion constellation, the seven sisters being chased by men or a man, and sometimes a hunter and/or clever man associated with Orion, who loved and/or lusted after one or more of the sisters.įor Marra Wonga it is interpreted as being Wattanuri and there is an engraved depiction of him at the southern end of the site. engraved human-like feet and dingo track.a red digging stick stencil, stenciled tips and possible ring pad stencil.two red boomerang stencils one above the other.a cluster of engraved feet on the floor including those with six-toes.an anthropomorph interpreted as an Ancestral Being known as Wattanuri by Iningai and other elders."However, the order makes sense for contemporary Aboriginal community members as different parts of a Seven Sisters Dreaming story, in the correct sequence." "Ten clusters of designs spread across the length of the engraved area of Marra Wonga appear to have been placed in a particular order, from south to north, although the designs were likely made at different times, with an accumulation of these clusters and other rock markings over time," Professor Tacon said. There was also a cluster of human-shaped foot petroglyphs on the floor of the shelter, some with six or more toes.
Unique compositions on the shelter wall featured seven large, engraved star-like designs with central engraved pits and large, engraved snake-like designs running across and through other petroglyphs. The team estimated the site contained more than 15,000 individual rock art works (known as petroglyphs), which consisted mostly of animal tracks, lines, grooves and drilled holes, as well as 111 hand-related and object stencils.
Andrea Jalandoni from the Griffith Center for Social and Cultural Research and Australian Research Center for Human Evolution began working with Iningai Traditional Owners and other institutions in September 2020 to study the various art works within the 160-meter-long rock shelter known as Marra Wonga near Barcaldine.
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