Current problems in dating palaeolithic cave art: Candamo and Chauvet

Antiquity

Volumn 77, Issue 295, 2003, Pages 134-141

  Pettitt, Paul ^a   Bahn, Paul ^b  

^a KEBLE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cave art; Palaeolithic; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

ART; CAVE; ERROR ANALYSIS; PALEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING;

EID: 0037366549     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00061421     Document Type: Article

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