Voyaging whalers the source of this Australian rock art, study reveals
Published 4 Mar 2019, 10:54 GMT, Updated 4 Mar 2019, 14:52 GMT
Researchers used special tools to capture the details of the rock inscriptions.
A sailor named J. Leek commemorated the arrival of his American whaling vessel Delta on the shores of West Lewis Island, Australia, in 1849.
Rock engravings from the 1842 crew of whaling vessel Connecticut on Rosemary Island, Australia, include an inscription made by a young African-American sailor named Jacob Anderson.
Photograph by Centre for Rock Art Research + Management CRAR+M database
Archaeologists record the Connecticut inscriptions on Rosemary Island in western Australia's Dampier Archipelago. Rock art in the region is up to 50,000 years old.
Archaeologists and Aboriginal rangers survey for rock art sites on Rosemary Island.
Photograph by Centre for Rock Art Research + Management CRAR+M database
Technological enhancements reveal details in the Connecticut rock inscriptions.
The original 177-year-old Connecticut inscriptions before enhancement.
