AMS dating of rock art in the Laura Region, Cape York Peninsula, Australia - Protocols and results of recent research

Noelene Cole; Alan Watchman

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AMS dating of rock art in the Laura Region, Cape York Peninsula, Australia - Protocols and results of recent research

Noelene Cole^*, Alan Watchman

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The authors describe rock art dating research in Australia using the oxalate method. While the array of dates obtained (which range from c. 1200 to c. 25 000 BP) show a satisfactory correlation with other archaeological data, there are mismatches which suggest that some motifs were often imitated by later artists, and/or that the mineral accretions continued to form periodically, perhaps continuously, as a regional phenomenon over a long period of time.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	661-678
Number of pages	18
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	79
Issue number	305
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00114590
Publication status	Published - Sept 2005

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