{"product_id":"murujuga-9780812251562","title":"Murujuga","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating case study of the archaeological site at Murujuga, AustraliaLocated in the Dampier Archipelago of Western Australia, Murujuga is the single largest archaeological site in the world. It contains an estimated one million petroglyphs, or rock art motifs, produced by the Indigenous Australians who have historically inhabited the archipelago. To date, there has been no comprehensive survey of the site's petroglyphs or those who created them. Since the 1960s, regional mining interests have caused significant damage to this site, destroying an estimated 5 to 25 percent of the petroglyphs in Murujuga. Today, Murujuga holds the unenviable status of being one of the most endangered archaeological sites in the world.   Jose Antonio Gonzalez Zarandona provides a full postcolonial analysis of Murujuga as well as a geographic and archaeological overview of the site, its ethnohistory, and its considerable significance to Indigenous groups, before examining the colonial mistreatment of M\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is hoped that this scholarly and extremely detailed publication will assist in providing the necessary research impetus and evidence to demand a review of the existing legislative framework of the \u003ci\u003eWA Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972\u003c\/i\u003e and its administrative processes . . . Hopefully the book can assist in preventing future landscape iconoclasm and be used as a scholarly reference and factual record of this significant but under protected part of our important cultural heritage of international significance. It is an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the importance of this remote area of Australia, and a passionate plea for more effective strategies to conserve and protect its significant heritage values.\" * \u003ci\u003eHistoric Environment\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"In his deep and valuable analysis of the destruction of Murujuga petroglyphs and landscapes, José Antonio González Zarandona helps us better understand a cultural catastrophe and, hopefully, prevent future landscape iconoclasm.\" * Jean Clottes, author of \u003ci\u003eWorld Rock Art\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"In this outstanding book, José Antonio González Zarandona argues persuasively that the categorization of Murujuga art as 'heritage' has marginalized contemporary Aboriginal perspectives and that the damage done to rock art imagery, sites, and landscapes adversely impacts indigenous well-being. This harsh critique is an impassioned call for the development of new strategies to conserve culturally significant places across Australia and the world.\" * Paul S.C. Taçon, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by Michel Lorblanchet\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e PART I. MURUJUGA\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Situating Murujuga\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Murujuga and Its Meanings\u003cbr\u003e PART II. FROM THE COLONIAL GAZE TO THE ACADEMIC APPRECIATION OF ROCK ART\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. The Colonial Gaze\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Rude Aesthetics\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. The Colonization of the Landscape\u003cbr\u003e PART III. ICONOCLASM, LANDSCAPE, AND HERITAGE\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. The Destruction of Landscape in Murujuga\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. The Making of Heritage\u003cbr\u003e PART IV. A THEROY OF LANDSCAPE ICONOCLASM\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Landscape Iconoclasm\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405741400407,"sku":"9780812251562","price":67.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812251562.jpg?v=1730493449","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/murujuga-9780812251562","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}