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dc.contributor.authorRoss, Juneen
dc.contributor.authorWestaway, Kiraen
dc.contributor.authorTravers, Megen
dc.contributor.authorMorwood, Michael Jen
dc.contributor.authorHayward, Johnen
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-10T22:54:40Z-
dc.date.available2024-06-10T22:54:40Z-
dc.date.issued2016-08-31-
dc.identifier.citationPLoS One, 11(8), p. 1-33en
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/60624-
dc.description.abstract<p>The recent establishment of a minimum age estimate of 39.9 ka for the origin of rock art in Sulawesi has challenged claims that Western Europe was the locus for the production of the world’s earliest art assemblages. Tantalising excavated evidence found across northern Australian suggests that Australia too contains a wealth of ancient art. However, the dating of rock art itself remains the greatest obstacle to be addressed if the significance of Australian assemblages are to be recognised on the world stage. A recent archaeological project in the northwest Kimberley trialled three dating techniques in order to establish chronological markers for the proposed, regional, relative stylistic sequence. Applications using optically-stimulated luminescence (OSL) provided nine minimum age estimates for fossilised mudwasp nests overlying a range of rock art styles, while Accelerator Mass Spectrometry radiocarbon (AMS <sup>14</sup>C) results provided an additional four. Results confirm that at least one phase of the northwest Kimberley rock art assemblage is Pleistocene in origin. A complete motif located on the ceiling of a rockshelter returned a minimum age estimate of 16 ± 1 ka. Further, our results demonstrate the inherent problems in relying solely on stylistic classifications to order rock art assemblages into temporal sequences. An earlier than expected minimum age estimate for one style and a maximum age estimate for another together illustrate that the Holocene Kimberley rock art sequence is likely to be far more complex than generally accepted with different styles produced contemporaneously well into the last few millennia. It is evident that reliance on techniques that produce minimum age estimates means that many more dating programs will need to be undertaken before the stylistic sequence can be securely dated.</p>en
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dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen
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dc.titleInto the Past: A Step Towards a Robust Kimberley Rock Art Chronologyen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0161726en
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dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology - Other Topicsen
dc.subject.keywordsMultidisciplinary Sciencesen
local.contributor.firstnameJuneen
local.contributor.firstnameKiraen
local.contributor.firstnameMegen
local.contributor.firstnameMichael Jen
local.contributor.firstnameJohnen
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local.profile.schoolFaculty of HASS and Educationen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanitiesen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanitiesen
local.profile.emailjross4@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailmtravers@myune.edu.auen
local.profile.emailmmorwood@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.publisher.placeUnited States of Americaen
local.identifier.runningnumbere0161726en
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local.format.endpage33en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume11en
local.identifier.issue8en
local.title.subtitleA Step Towards a Robust Kimberley Rock Art Chronologyen
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local.contributor.lastnameRossen
local.contributor.lastnameWestawayen
local.contributor.lastnameTraversen
local.contributor.lastnameMorwooden
local.contributor.lastnameHaywarden
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local.title.maintitleInto the Pasten
local.relation.fundingsourcenoteResearch was completed under Western Australian Department of Indigenous Affairs, Section 16 Permit Nos. 465 (2010), 490 (2011–12), and Authority 4 Permits from the Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC), CE002829 (2010), CE003254 (2011), and CE003574 (2012). Linkage partners: Kandiwal Aboriginal Corporation, Kimberley Foundation Australia, Slingair and Heliwork Pty Ltd, Department of Environment and Conservation Western Australia.en
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
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local.search.authorRoss, Juneen
local.search.authorWestaway, Kiraen
local.search.authorTravers, Megen
local.search.authorMorwood, Michael Jen
local.search.authorHayward, Johnen
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local.year.published2016en
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local.fileurl.openpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/4534652c-599d-427d-a552-73521f855df7en
local.subject.for20204501 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and historyen
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