Motif Classification and Attributes
Part of the Pictures, Patterns and Objects: Rock-Art of the Torres Strait Islands, Northeastern Australia project
Creator(s): Liam Brady
Year: 2010
Summary
Brady characterizes regional rock-art motifs hierarchally.
Cite this Record
Motif Classification and Attributes. Liam Brady. 2010 ( tDAR id: 367129) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8902288
No categories or subcategories specified.
Coding Rules
| Code | Term | Description | Mapped Ontology Node |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1a | Determinate paintings | Those pictures that are clear enough to have their shapes determined after digital enhancement | |
| Level 1b | Indeterminate paintings | Pictures that cannot be categorized or identified as a result of heavy damage or deterioration | |
| Level 2a | Figurative motifs | "Motifs with formal resemblance to objects and beings in the eyes of the analyst, such as animals or items of material culture | |
| Level 2b | Non-Figurative motifs | Abstract Figures. | |
| Level 3a | Figurative Group Motif Form | "Level 2 motifs are divided into 11 Group Motif Forms. Figurative Group Motif Forms consist of Palm Trees, Anthropomorphs, Faces/Masks, Zoomorphs and Material Cutlture objects | |
| Level 3b | Non-Figurative Group Motif Form | "Enclosed Grid Patterns, Enclosed Geometrics, Open Geometrics, Linear Non-Figuratives, Dots and Dot Variations, Infilled Non-Geometrics | |
| Level 4 | Specific Motif Forms | 96 Specific Motif Forms have been identified from level 3 Group Motif Forms | |
| Special Coding Rules: These entries are not in the coding-sheet, but represent edge-cases in Data Integration that may benefit from custom mappings | |||
File Information
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| book1.xls | 22.00kb | Sep 21, 2011 10:58:01 PM | Public |