Tracing connection and change in deep-time landscapes

该项目旨在通过讲述土著人民与著名地方的长期联系和不断变化的关系的故事，对澳大利亚的过去产生新的见解。在西北干旱区新发现的基础上，该项目将对皮尔巴拉东部的地貌进行考古研究。该项目将分析来自关键地点的岩石艺术和挖掘材料，以了解它们如何作为灯塔，随着时间的推移，结构和塑造人们的运动，遭遇和与他人的联系。预计这将促进土著人与文化遗产的联系，有助于促进偏远地区的文化教育方案，并为文化遗产与土著人健康和福祉之间的关系提供新的见解。

This project aims to develop new insights into Australia’s past by telling the story of Aboriginal people’s long-term connections and changing relationships with prominent places. Building on new discoveries in the northwest arid zone, the project will conduct archaeological research at landforms in the eastern Pilbara. The project will analyse rock art and excavated materials from key sites to learn how they acted as beacons through time to structure and shape people's movements, encounters and connections with others. This is expected to promote Indigenous connection with cultural heritage, help facilitate cultural education programs in remote areas, and offer new insights into the relationship between cultural heritage and Indigenous health and well-being.