[3] The linguist Dr Jennifer Green has been key to documenting the Anmatyerr language and the anthropologist Dr Jason M. Gibson has written about Anmatyerr history, language and ceremonial practice.
Tindale's Aboriginal Tribes of Australia were described as covering an area of 11,200 square miles (29,000 km2).
To the northeast, their borders lay around central Mount Stuart (Amakweng) and Harper Springs.
What is today known as the Anmatyerre region has significant overlap with Warlpiri, Arrernte and Alyawarr language communities.
As a specialist in Arandic culture and language T. G. H Strehlow also worked with Anmatyerr people throughout his career, recording much of their ceremonial traditions.