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dc.contributor.authorSmith, M Aen
dc.contributor.authorWatchman, Aen
dc.contributor.authorRoss, Juneen
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-25T16:06:00Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.citationGeoarchaeology, 24(2), p. 191-203en
dc.identifier.issn0883-6353en
dc.identifier.issn1520-6548en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5971-
dc.description.abstractArchaic rock engravings are found widely across the arid interior of Australia and are thought to represent an early pan-continental tradition. A late Pleistocene age is assumed because of extensive weathering, but attempts to test this by direct dating have been unsuccessful. We use AMS ¹⁴C dating of calcium oxalate skins covering archaic engravings at two rock shelter sites in Central Australia (Wanga East and Puritjarra), constrained by ¹⁴C dates of charcoal in sedimentary layers beneath the same engraved slabs, to show this rock art is mid-Holocene in age. Despite a limited range of simple geometric designs and uniformity across the arid interior, this corpus of rock art is not associated with the initial peopling of the Australian desert, but is a later development reflecting the dynamics of established desert societies.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Incen
dc.relation.ispartofGeoarchaeologyen
dc.titleDirect Dating Indicates Mid-Holocene Age for Archaic Rock Engravings in Arid Central Australiaen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/gea.20262en
dc.subject.keywordsArchaeological Scienceen
local.contributor.firstnameM Aen
local.contributor.firstnameAen
local.contributor.firstnameJuneen
local.subject.for2008210102 Archaeological Scienceen
local.subject.seo2008970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeologyen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.emailjross4@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20100226-143623en
local.publisher.placeUnited States of Americaen
local.format.startpage191en
local.format.endpage203en
local.identifier.scopusid64249111992en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume24en
local.identifier.issue2en
local.contributor.lastnameSmithen
local.contributor.lastnameWatchmanen
local.contributor.lastnameRossen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:jross4en
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:6116en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleDirect Dating Indicates Mid-Holocene Age for Archaic Rock Engravings in Arid Central Australiaen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorSmith, M Aen
local.search.authorWatchman, Aen
local.search.authorRoss, Juneen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.identifier.wosid000263714000004en
local.year.published2009en
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