Faces of the ancestors revealed: Discovery and dating of a Pleistocene-age petroglyph in Lene Hara Cave, East Timor

Sue O'Connor; Ken Aplin; Emma St Pierre; Yue Xing Feng

doi:10.1017/S0003598X00100146

Faces of the ancestors revealed: Discovery and dating of a Pleistocene-age petroglyph in Lene Hara Cave, East Timor

Sue O'Connor^*, Ken Aplin, Emma St Pierre, Yue Xing Feng

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A petroglyph showing a human face found in East Timor is dated to the late Pleistocene. It recalls ancient Australian forms and raises the possibility of connecting early cave art with the better known painted figures of Lapita/Austronesian art ten millennia later. This new discovery at a known cave shows what precious evidence still lies in store even in well-trodden places.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	649-665
Number of pages	17
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	84
Issue number	325
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00100146
Publication status	Published - Sept 2010

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Faces of the ancestors revealed: Discovery and dating of a Pleistocene-age petroglyph in Lene Hara Cave, East Timor

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