A 28,000 year old excavated painted rock from Nawarla Gabarnmang, northern Australia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2493-2501

  David, Bruno ^a   Barker, Bryce ^b   Petchey, Fiona ^c   Delannoy, Jean Jacques ^d   Geneste, Jean Michel ^e   Rowe, Cassandra ^a   Eccleston, Mark ^f   Lamb, Lara ^b   Whear, Ray ^g  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f Aboriginal Affairs Victoria   (Australia)

^g Jawoyn Association Aboriginal Corporation   (Australia)

Author keywords

AMS dating; Arnhem Land; Jawoyn; Nawarla Gabarnmang; Painted slab; Pleistocene art; Rock art

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ART; CHARCOAL; CULTURAL HISTORY; PLEISTOCENE; SLAB;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84875227583     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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