Accelerator radiocarbon dating of human blood proteins in pigments from Late Pleistocene art sites in Australia
- 1 March 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Vol. 64 (242), 110-116
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00077346
Abstract
Absolute dating of rock paintings has always used an indirect means, generally by dating material in strata sealing or overlying the pictures. AMS dating of very small carbon samples now allows direct determination of the age of an organic portion in the matter of the picture itself.Keywords
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