The global implications of the early surviving rock art of greater Southeast Asia

Paul S.C. Taçon; Noel H. Tan; Sue O'Connor; Ji Xueping; Li Gang; Darren Curnoe; David Bulbeck; Budianto Hakim; Iwan Sumantri; Heng Than; Im Sokrithy; Stephen Chia; Khuon Khun-Neay; Soeung Kong

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The global implications of the early surviving rock art of greater Southeast Asia

Paul S.C. Taçon^*, Noel H. Tan, Sue O'Connor, Ji Xueping, Li Gang, Darren Curnoe, David Bulbeck, Budianto Hakim, Iwan Sumantri, Heng Than, Im Sokrithy, Stephen Chia, Khuon Khun-Neay, Soeung Kong

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The rock art of Southeast Asia has been less thoroughly studied than that of Europe or Australia, and it has generally been considered to be more recent in origin. New dating evidence from Mainland and Island Southeast Asia, however, demonstrates that the earliest motifs (hand stencils and naturalistic animals) are of late Pleistocene age and as early as those of Europe. The similar form of the earliest painted motifs in Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia suggests that they are the product of a shared underlying behaviour, but the difference in context (rockshelters) indicates that experiences in deep caves cannot have been their inspiration.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1050-1064
Number of pages	15
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	88
Issue number	342
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00115315
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2014

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