Cup marks on Ambra Crater: a new engraving site in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea

Robin Torrence; Tim Denham; Thomas P. Wagner

doi:10.1002/arco.5235

Cup marks on Ambra Crater: a new engraving site in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea

Robin Torrence^*, Tim Denham, Thomas P. Wagner

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Abstract

We report an unusual example of rock engravings in an open context in the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea. The highly weathered assemblage comprised a cluster of two “cup and ring” motifs with at least eight additional cup marks pecked on a small basalt boulder located on the summit of Ambra Crater (also Mt. Ambra), a potentially significant place because it has provided an elevated viewpoint across the denuded Upper Wahgi Valley landscape for millennia.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	344-346
Number of pages	3
Journal	Archaeology in Oceania
Volume	56
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/arco.5235
Publication status	Published - Oct 2021

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Cup marks on Ambra Crater: a new engraving site in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea

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