Dating Egypt's oldest 'art': AMS 14C age determinations of rock varnishes covering petroglyphs at El-Hosh (Upper Egypt)

Antiquity

Volumn 75, Issue 287, 2001, Pages 68-72

  Huyge, D ^a   Watchman, A ^b   De Dapper, M ^c   Marchi, E ^d  

^a Royal Museums of Art and History   (Belgium)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Archaeo Coop 'Footsteps of Man'   (Italy)

Author keywords

Direct dating; Egypt; Petroglyphs; Rock art; Rock varnish

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042871070     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X0005273X     Document Type: Article

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