Scientific Papers

Scientific Papers by David M. Welch

Aboriginal Rock Art of Kakadu National Park

1982. Aboriginal Rock Art of Kakadu National Park.
Big Country Picture Company, Darwin.

ISBN: 095953489X

The Bichrome Art Period in the Kimberley, Australia

1990. The Bichrome Art Period in the Kimberley, Australia.
Rock Art Research, Vol. 7: 110-24.

ISSN: 0813-0426

Proposed Chronology of Kimberley Region, Western Australia, Rock Art

1992 (a). Proposed Chronology of Kimberley Region, Western Australia, Rock Art. Handout for the Second AURA Congress, Cairns.

Kakadu Dreaming: Ancestral Beings And Mythology In The Rock Art Of The Kakadu Region

1992 (b). Kakadu Dreaming: Ancestral Beings and Mythology in the Rock Art of the Kakadu Region. In J. McDonald and I. P. Haskovec (eds) State of the Art: Regional Rock Art Studies in Australia and Melanesia. Occasional AURA Publication No. 6: 195-201. Australian Rock Art Research Association, Melbourne.

Early 'naturalistic' Human Figures In The Kimberley

1993 (a). Early Naturalistic Human Figures in the Kimberley, Australia. Rock Art Research, Vol. 10: 24-37.

Rock Art Studies: The Post-Stylistic Era or Where Do We Go From Here?

1993 (b). Stylistic change in the Kimberley rock art, Australia. In M. Lorblanchet and P. G. Bahn (editors), Rock Art Studies: The Post-stylistic Era or Where Do We Go From Here? Oxbow Monograph 35: 99-113, Oxford.

The Early Rock Art of the Kimberley, Australia: Developing a Chronology

1993 (c). The Early Rock Art of the Kimberley, Australia: Developing a Chronology. In J. Steinbring, A. Watchman, P. Faulstich and P. S. Taçon (editors), Time and Space: Dating and Spatial Considerations in Rock Art Research, Occasional AURA Publication No. 8: 13-21. Australian Rock Art Research Association, Melbourne.

Beeswax Rock Art in the Kimberley, Western Australia

1995. Beeswax Rock Art in the Kimberley, Western Australia. Rock Art Research, Vol. 12: 23-28.

Material Culture In Kimberley Rock Art, Australia

1996 (a). Material Culture in Kimberley Rock Art, Australia. Rock Art Research, Vol. 13: 104-123.

Simple human figures in Kimberley rock art, Western Australia

1996 (b). Simple Human Figures in Kimberley Rock Art, Western Australia. The Artefact, Vol. 19: 73:89. Archaeological and Anthropological Society of Victoria Inc. [Note: the editor of this publication placed the captions for some of the figures out of place.]

Fight or Dance? Ceremony and the Spearthrower in Northern Australian Rock Art

1997. Fight or Dance? Ceremony and the Spearthrower in Northern Australian Rock Art. Rock Art Research, Vol. 14: 88-112.

Cultural Change in the Kimberley Rock Art, Western Australia

1999 (a). Cultural Change in the Kimberley Rock Art, Western Australia. In BCSP 31-32 Grafismo E Semiotica, World Journal of Prehistoric and Primitive Art, pages 288-312. Centro Camuno Di Studi Preistorici, Brescia, Italy.

Fossilised human footprints on the coast of north Western Australia

1999 (b). Fossilised Human Footprints on the Coast of North Western Australia. The Artefact, Vol. 22: 3-10. Archaeological and Anthropological Society of Victoria Inc.

Hand grip or art: tribal or individual?

2000. Hand Grip or Art: Tribal or Individual? Rock Art Research, Vol. 17: 128-130.

Plant motifs in Kimberley rock-art, Australia

2003. Plant Motifs in Kimberley Rock-Art, Australia. Before Farming, 2003/4 (5): 387-398.

Large Animals and Small Humans In The Rock Art of Northern Australia

2004. Large Animals and Small Humans in the Rock Art of Northern Australia. Rock Art Research, Vol. 21, No. 1: 47-56.

Two Kakadu Headdresses

2012 (a). Two Kakadu Headdresses. Rock Art Research, Vol. 29: 115-118.

Oh Deer! No Deer!

2012 (b). Oh Dear! No Deer! Rock Art Research, Vol. 29: 171-177.

Palorchestes or Bunyip?

2015 (a). Palorchestes or Bunyip? International Newsletter on Rock Art (INORA), No. 72: 18-24. Foix, France.

Thy Thylacoleo is a Thylacine

2015 (b). Thy Thylacoleo is a Thylacine. Australian Archaeology, No. 80: 40-47.

That Bird is not Genyornis

2016 (a). That bird is not Genyornis. Australian Archaeolog