AMS dating of rock art in the Laura Region, Cape York Peninsula, Australia - Protocols and results of recent research

Antiquity

Volumn 79, Issue 305, 2005, Pages 661-678

  Cole, Noelene ^a   Watchman, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Holocene; Pleistocene; Quinkan; Rock art

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; ROCK ART;

EID: 25144502566     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00114590     Document Type: Article

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