ABSTRACT

In Australia, recent climate change has resulted in prolonged droughts, massive devastating bushfires, extreme flooding, and more frequent and intense cyclones, all of which affect archaeological and historic heritage. In this paper, we report on new research on rock art at a site called Djarrng in western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. Djarrng was heavily impacted by Tropical Cyclone Monica in 2006. We have visited the site sporadically since 1992, most recently in September 2019. We also have photographs taken in 1979 and accessed others taken in 1965 and so are in a position to document change to rock art panels over a 54 year period. We discuss not only change at the site as a result of the cyclone but also more general changes to rock art imagery at Arnhem Land sites in the past two hundred years, as well as lessons learnt from natural disasters that could be important for future rock art conservation.

摘要

在澳大利亚，最近的气候变化导致了长期干旱，大规模毁灭性森林大火，极端洪水以及更频繁，更强烈的气旋，所有这些都影响着考古和历史遗产。在本文中，我们在澳大利亚北领地西部阿纳姆土地的一个名为Djarrng的地点报道了有关岩石艺术的新研究。Djarrng在2006年受到热带气旋莫妮卡的严重影响。自1992年以来，我们就零星地访问了该地点，最近一次是在2019年9月。我们还拥有1979年的照片，并访问了1965年的其他照片，因此能够记录岩石的变化。长达54年的艺术面板。我们不仅讨论了飓风造成的现场变化，还讨论了过去200年中阿纳姆地（Arnhem Land）现场岩画的更一般的变化，