ARNHEM-LAND PREHISTORY IN LANDSCAPE, STONE AND PAINT

Western Arnhem Land is a small area (by Australian standards) on the n orth coast where remarkable sequences of sediment illuminate ifs compl ex landscape history. Matching the enviromental succession is an archa eological sequence with lithic sites running back into the Pleistocene . The famous richness of the region's rock-art also documents the huma n presence, again over a great time-depth, and gives a direct report o f how ancient Arnhem Landers depicted themselves. By 'bridging' betwee n these three themes, a rare and perhaps unique synthesis can be built .