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The identification of extinct megafauna in rock art using geometric morphometrics: A Genyornis newtoni painting in Arnhem Land, northern Australia?
Rommy Cobden
Chris Clarkson
1
Gilbert Price
Bruno David
2
Jean-Michel Geneste
3
Jean-Jacques Delannoy
4
Bryce Barker
5
Lara Lamb
6
Robert Gunn
7
Jean-Michel Geneste 3
Author
Jean-Jacques Delannoy 4
Author IdHAL : jean-jacques-delannoy ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2815-4920
Bryce Barker 5
Author
Lara Lamb 6
Author
Robert Gunn 7
Author
1
University of Queensland [Brisbane] (Brisbane, St Lucia, QLD 4072 - Australia)
2
BGS - Biogéosciences [UMR 6282] [Dijon] (Université de Bourgogne - 6 boulevard Gabriel - 21000 Dijon - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR6282 (France)
- UB - Université de Bourgogne (Maison de l'université - Esplanade Érasme - BP 27877 - 21078 Dijon cedex - France)
- AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement : UMR6282 (26 Boulevard du Dr Petitjean - BP 87999 - 21079 Dijon cedex - France)
3
PACEA - De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie (Université de Bordeaux - Bâtiment B8 - CS50023 - Allée Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire - 33615 Pessac Cedex - France)
- UB - Université de Bordeaux (35, place Pey Berland - 33076 Bordeaux - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR5199 (France)
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EDYTEM - Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de la Montagne (Université de Savoie, Campus scientifique, 73376 Le Bourget du Lac cedex - France)
- USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc (27, rue Marcoz - 73000 Chambéry - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR5204 (France)
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Public Memory Research Centre, School of humanities and Communication, University of Southern Queensland (Toowoomba - France)
- USQ - University of Southern Queensland (West St, Darling Heights QLD 4350 - Australia)
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Public Memory Research Centre, School of humanities and Communication, University of Southern Queensland (Toowoomba - Australia)
- USQ - University of Southern Queensland (West St, Darling Heights QLD 4350 - Australia)
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Monash Indigenous Centre (Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800 - Australia)
Abstract : Identifying extinct fauna in rock art is a common but difficult exercise. Here we use geometric morphometric analysis of shape to examine the oft-cited painting from Arnhem Land attributed by Gunn et al. to the long-extinct species Genyornis newtoni. We compare the shape of key anatomical features in this painting to anatomical depictions of Genyornis as well as to two other possible candidates – the emu and the magpie goose. Comparisons are also made to rock art depictions of these birds from northern Australia. We find that while the so-called ‘Genyornis’ painting does more closely resemble anatomical depictions of Genyornis than any other bird examined, all rock art images overlap in shape to such a degree that confident assignment of this image to any avian species is problematic.
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Contributor : Christine Maury Referent Hal Edytem <>
Submitted on : Monday, October 15, 2018 - 3:36:28 PM
Last modification on : Friday, November 6, 2020 - 3:30:33 AM
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.jas.2017.09.013
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Rommy Cobden, Chris Clarkson, Gilbert Price, Bruno David, Jean-Michel Geneste, et al.. The identification of extinct megafauna in rock art using geometric morphometrics: A Genyornis newtoni painting in Arnhem Land, northern Australia?. Journal of Archaeological Science, Elsevier, 2017, 87, pp. 95 - 107. ⟨10.1016/j.jas.2017.09.013⟩. ⟨hal-01895879⟩
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