The global implications of the early surviving rock art of greater Southeast Asia

Antiquity

Volumn 88, Issue 342, 2014, Pages 1050-1064

  Taçon, Paul S C ^a   Tan, Noel H ^b   O'Connor, Sue ^b   Xueping, Ji ^c,d   Gang, Li ^e   Curnoe, Darren ^f   Bulbeck, David ^b   Hakim, Budianto ^g   Sumantri, Iwan ^h   Than, Heng ⁱ   Sokrithy, Im ⁱ   Chia, Stephen ^j   Khun Neay, Khuon ⁱ   Kong, Soeung ⁱ  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Yunnan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

^d YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Cultural Relics Administration Office   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g Balai Arkeologi   (Indonesia)

^h HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

ⁱ APSARA Authority   (Cambodia)

^j SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

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Author keywords

Animal motifs; Hand stencils; Painted caves; Rock art; Rockshelters; Uranium series dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914162825     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00115315     Document Type: Article

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