Results from the first intensive dating program for pigment art in the Australian arid zone: Insights into recent social complexity

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 195-204

  McDonald, Jo ^a   Steelman, Karen L ^b   Veth, Peter ^a   Mackey, Jeremy ^b   Loewen, Josh ^b   Thurber, Casey R ^b   Guilderson, T P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Arid zone; Pigment; Plasma oxidation; Radiocarbon dating; Rock art

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PIGMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; ROCK ART; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84897404060     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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