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dc.contributor.authorLangley, Michelle C
dc.contributor.authorTacon, Paul SC
dc.contributor.editorSean Ulm & Annie Ross
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:03:24Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:03:24Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-06-01T22:55:39Z
dc.identifier.issn0312-2417
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/36683
dc.description.abstractThe growing corpus of 'direct dates' for rock art around the world has changed the way researchers understand rock art. 'Direct dating' refers to methods for obtaining chronometric ages through the dating of material directly associated with motifs, thus providing minimum, maximum or actual ages. Materials associated with rock art that may be directly dated include the original media (e.g. beeswax), organic binders found in pigment, or natural coatings (e.g. wasp nests) which can either provide a terminus ante quem or terminus post quem for art. In Australia, 432 direct dates for rock art are now available, providing the basis for developing absolute chronologies for rock art regions and specific periods within them. In this paper we review the dating results but caution against using them to derive broad interpretations, especially continent-wide narratives and global comparisons.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent321868 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAustralian Archaeological Association
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03122417.2010.11689386
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom70
dc.relation.ispartofpageto73
dc.relation.ispartofissueDecember
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Archaeology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume71
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchArchaeology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander archaeology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHistorical studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4301
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode450101
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4303
dc.titleThe age of Australian rock art: a review
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.date.issued2010
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gro.griffith.authorTacon, Paul S.
gro.griffith.authorLangley, Michelle C.


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