Chemical characterization and AMS radiocarbon dating of the binder of a prehistoric rock pictograph at Tadrart Acacus, southern west Libya

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 344-349

  Mori, F ^a   Ponti, R ^b   Messina, A ^a   Flieger, M ^c   Havlicek, V ^c   Sinibaldi, M ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Museo Nazionale Romano delle Terme   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Libyan Sahara; Painting binder; Radiocarbon dating; Rock pictograph

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845451311     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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