Journal
TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Volume 146, Issue 2, Pages 319-340Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2022.2111055
Keywords
Ochre; flint/chert; quarry; River Murray; frontier conflict; colonialism
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- Australian Research Council [DP190102219]
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This paper examines the Aboriginal history of the Ma:ko region (Overland Corner) and explores the archaeological record, traditional significance, and the effects of European invasion and settlement. The study reveals that the Ma:ko region is a significant node in the cultural landscape of Riverland and experienced ongoing cross-cultural conflicts in the colonial period.
This paper examines the Aboriginal history of the Ma:ko region (Overland Corner). Our exploration of the region includes a consideration of the archaeological record via fieldwork undertaken with traditional owners, an ethnohistorical investigation of the area's traditional significance as well as a consideration of the effects of European invasion and settlement. Together the records reveal the Ma: ko region to be a highly significant node in the Riverland's cultural landscape. The Ma:ko region's cultural significance (inclusive of its ochre and chert/ silcrete resources) likely contributed to the area becoming a site of ongoing cross-cultural conflict in the colonial period.
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