Dating Murujuga's Rock Art: new scientific approaches

丹皮尔群岛因其重要的岩石艺术和石头特征而被列入澳大利亚国家遗产名录。这片陆地和海景被传统的保管人称为Murujuga，拥有100多万件艺术品。虽然这一地区的科学和文化意义已经得到承认，但我们仍然对这一景观的时代、地区古气候以及自5万年前土著人民迁入该地区以来岩石艺术生产的时间和强度知之甚少。该项目将开发新的科学方法来直接测定雕刻和石头特征，根据地质指标重建气候，并在这个独特的文化遗产转变为群岛的过程中模拟航行机会。

The Dampier Archipelago is on Australia's National Heritage List because of its significant rock art and stone features. Known as Murujuga to its traditional custodians, this land- and seascape has over 1 million art works. While the scientific and cultural significance of this area is acknowledged, we still know little about the age of this landscape, the regional palaeoclimatology, and the timing and intensity of rock art production since Aboriginal people moved into this region 50,000 years ago. This project will develop new scientific approaches to direct-dating engravings and stone features, reconstruct climate from geological proxies, and model voyaging opportunities as this unique cultural estate transformed to an archipelago.