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Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, UWA, Australia

@crar-m.bsky.social
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We work collaboratively with Aboriginal communities, mostly in Western Australia, to understand and manage rock art - petroglyphs, pigment and other symbolic behaviours. From deep time through to contemporary values

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Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, UWA, Australia @crar-m.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Read why all Australians should be proud of this WHL listing!!
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Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, UWA, Australia @crar-m.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Happy #IWD2025! From the women of CRAR+M and to all the amazing women in our field! 'March Forward: For ALL Women and Girls' reminds us of the diverse and inspiring women we engage with—Elders, rangers, community leaders, researchers, academics, industry partners, and many more
The women of CRAR+M in the field, on-Country, in the lab, on the world stage - working together!
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Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, UWA, Australia @crar-m.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
New rock art paper using face recognition software to help understand the subtle nuances of stylistic variability in ancient Pilbara kangaroo motifs! Open Source!
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Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, UWA, Australia @crar-m.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Great paper detailing collaborative research on Wintawari Guruma country - what is a fat tailed macropod!!?
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Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, UWA, Australia @crar-m.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Fabulous celebration of 30 years of great research at Chauvet fb.watch/wdWIySW9sp/?
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Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, UWA, Australia @crar-m.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Fantastic to see that Living Water Heritage - River, Land and Sea Country of the West Kimberley has won the Heritage Council's Professor David Dolan Award for Interpretation! Congratulations to the Martuwarra team that includes our CRAR+M colleague Dr Sven Ouzman! www.wa.gov.au/government/a...
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2024 Western Australian Heritage Awards
The 2024 Western Australian Heritage Awards received 55 outstanding nominations celebrating the state’s rich heritage.
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Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, UWA, Australia @crar-m.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Paper just out on deep time personal ornamentation in northwest Australia www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Late Pleistocene scaphopod beads from Boodie Cave and deep time traditions of personal ornamentation in northwest Australia
Tubular segments of Scaphopoda (tusk shell) were traditionally used by Aboriginal peoples in the manufacture of ornate bead necklaces across northwest Australia. Twenty-seven scaphopod shell beads ...
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