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Rockshelter Excavations in the East Hamersley Range offers a detailed study of six exceptional rockshelter sites from the inland Pilbara Region of Western Australia. It provides highly descriptive, chapter-length accounts of archaeological investigations at Jundaru, Djadjiling, HS-A1, HD073APAD13, PAD 3, and HD073A03 rockshelters, which were excavated as part of a mitigative salvage program conducted at the Hope Downs 1 mine between 2007 and 2010. The research findings show that early Aboriginal peoples initially occupied the area ca. 45,000 years ago, demonstrating that the east Hamersley Range contains some of the oldest known Aboriginal archaeological sites in the Australian arid zone. The story of the Pleistocene and Holocene Aboriginal occupation at Hope Downs 1 is long and complex. Using an extensive radiocarbon and OSL chronology that spans from >47,000 years ago to the recent past, the story of the Aboriginal archaeological record is explored via prominent changes in lithic technology, artefact use-wear/residues, combustion features, faunal remains, rockshelter geomorphology, archaeomagnetism, and pollen/phytolith analysis. The work investigates the early occupation of the region and examines the archaeological evidence for occupation during the last glacial maximum. It chronicles significant changes in Aboriginal stone artefact technology over time with its analysis of more than 35,000 chipped stone artefacts. Consisting of 18 chapters, the volume is rich with colour photographs, illustrations, and figures, including highresolution images of the rockshelter sites, excavations, stratigraphic sections, cultural features, and artefacts. It includes a foreword by the Martidja Banyjima elders, who contextualise the cultural importance of this work to Banyjima Peoples and Traditional Owners of the region.
The monograph also includes comprehensive synthesis of the regional archaeological record by the editors and a chapter on Banyjima culture and traditions by consulting anthropologists Dr Nadia Butler, Dr Neale Draper, and Fiona Sutherland. Many specialist studies were commissioned for the Hope Downs work, including an archaeomagnetism report by Dr Andy Herries (LaTrobe University), a faunal analysis study by Dr. Matthew McDowell (University of Tasmania), a phytolith analysis by Dr Lynley Wallis (University of Notre Dame Australia), a palynological study by Dr Simon Haberle, Feli Hopf, and Dr Phil Roberts (Australian National University), artefact usewear/residue analysis by Dr Richard Fullagar (University of Wollongong), optically stimulated luminescence dating by Frances Williams (University of Adelaide), and a rockshelter geomorphological study by Prof Martin Williams (University of Adelaide).
Contents
Editor's Preface, Acknowledgements, and Reporting of Dates
Foreword: Go with a Clear, Open and Accepting Spirit, and the Country Will Not Treat You Badly - by Maitland Parker and Slim Parker
PART 1 - INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Rockshelter Excavations at Hope Downs 1 - by Dawn Cropper and W. Boone Law
Chapter 2 An Archaeological Review of the Hamersley Plateau - by W. Boone Law and Dawn Cropper
Chapter 3 Banjima Culture and the Hope Downs 1 Mine - by Nadia Butler, Neale Draper, and Fiona Sutherland
Chapter 4 Research Aims and Methods - by Dawn Cropper and W. Boone Law
PART 2 - ROCKSHELTER EXCAVATIONS
Chapter 5 Excavations at Jundaru (HN-A9) Rockshelter - by Dawn Cropper
Chapter 6 Excavations at HD07-3A-PAD13 Rockshelter - by Dawn Cropper
Chapter 7 Excavations at HS-A1 Rockshelter - by Dawn Cropper
Chapter 8 Excavations at Djadjiling Rockshelter (HD07-1A-04) - by W. Boone Law and Dawn Cropper
Chapter 9 Excavations at PAD 3 Rockshelter - by W. Boone Law and Dawn Cropper
Chapter 10 Excavations at HD07-3A-03 Rockshelter - by Dawn Cropper
PART 3 - SPECIALIST STUDIES
Chapter 11 Archaeomagnetic Analysis of Sediments from Djadjiling Rockshelter (HD07-1A-04), Pilbara, Western Australia - by Andy I.R. Herries
Chapter 12 Phytolith Analysis of Sediment Samples from Djadjiling (HD07-1A-04), Jundaru (HN-A9) and HD07-3A-PAD13, Pilbara, Western Australia - by Lynley Wallis
Chapter 13 Sedimentary, Charcoal and Palynological Analysis of Djadjiling (HD07-1A-04), HD07-3A-PAD13, HD07-3A-03, HS-A1, Jundaru (HN-A9) Rockshelters, Pilbara, Western Australia - by Simon Haberle, Feli Hopf, and Phil Roberts
Chapter 14 Faunal Analysis of Jundaru (HN-A9) and PAD 3 Rockshelters, Pilbara, Western Australia - by Matthew McDowell
Chapter 15 Usewear and Residues on Stone Tools from PAD 3, Djadjiling, and Jundaru Rockshelters, East Pilbara, Western Australia - by Richard Fullagar
Chapter 16 Report on Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) Dating of a Further Four Samples from HD07-3A-PAD13 Rockshelter, Pilbara, Western Australia - by Frances Williams
Chapter 17 Report on the Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology of HD07-3A-PAD13 Rockshelter, Pilbara, Western Australia - by Martin Williams
PART 4 - DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
Chapter 18 Summary and Discussion of Rockshelter Investigations at Hope Downs 1 - by Dawn Cropper and W. Boone Law
