Categorising Catfish, Jewfish and Eel Motifs in Laura (Quinkan) Rock Art, Cape York Peninsula, Australia
Noelene Cole,
Christine Musgrave,
Roseanne George
et al.
Abstract:Fish motifs in Aboriginal rock art of the Laura area (Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia) include a heterogenous group that has been imprecisely classified by rock art researchers. By analysing motif attributes, style and contexts (including natural populations), we characterised three categories: fork-tailed catfish (Neoarius paucus), eel-tailed catfish (Neosilurus spp.) and eel (Anguilla reinhardti). We label the categories with the local names ‘catfish’, ‘jewfish’ and ‘eel’. The catfish cohort has a… Show more
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