Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Results from the first intensive dating program for pigment art in the Australian arid zone, insights into recent social complexity, Jo McDonald, Karen L. Steelman, Peter Veth, Jeremy Mackey, Josh Loewen, Casey R. Thurber, T. P. Guilderson

Label
Results from the first intensive dating program for pigment art in the Australian arid zone, insights into recent social complexity, Jo McDonald, Karen L. Steelman, Peter Veth, Jeremy Mackey, Josh Loewen, Casey R. Thurber, T. P. Guilderson
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references: page 204
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Results from the first intensive dating program for pigment art in the Australian arid zone
Responsibility statement
Jo McDonald, Karen L. Steelman, Peter Veth, Jeremy Mackey, Josh Loewen, Casey R. Thurber, T. P. Guilderson
Sub title
insights into recent social complexity
Summary
Reports on radiocarbon dating of rock paintings in the Western Desert, Western Australia, as part of the Canning Stock Route Project; discusses age of rock art from 3000 years to Modern age; includes information on dating methods (including the use of small samples); demonstrates the relationship between phase of occupation, artfefacts, implements such as seed-grinders, and the rock paintings