The Inquiry

Notes from an ongoing inquiry — essays, source discussions and research observations that sit underneath the books rather than inside any one of them. Comparative method, contested interpretations, and the difference between a pattern and a proof.

Essays

  • When a Symbol Gets Larger, What Is It Responding To?

    Research note · Australian archaeology In a rock shelter in Amurdak Country, in western Arnhem Land, a Rainbow Serpent stretches more than six meters along the ceiling. Paul Taçon, who has worked…