Recent developments in radiocarbon and stylistic methods of dating rock-art

Antiquity

Volumn 71, Issue 272, 1997, Pages 405-411

  Rosenfeld, Andrée ^a   Smith, Claire ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RADIOCARBON DATING; ROCK ART;

EID: 0031414485     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00085008     Document Type: Article

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