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Accelerator radiocarbon dating of plant-fibre binders in rock paintings from northeastern Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Alan Watchman  and
Noelene Cole
Alan Watchman
Affiliation:
Group for Rock Art conservation, Education and Dating, 192 St-Omer, Lévis, Québec, Canada G6V 5C7
Noelene Cole
Affiliation:
Department of Behavioural Sciences, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville QLD 4811, Australia
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Abstract

During the late Holocene, Aboriginal rock painters in north Queensland selected and combined various natural inorganic and organic materials in paint recipes – possibly to increase the longevity of their paintings. The organic materials make direct radiocarbon dating possible.

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Antiquity , Volume 67 , Issue 255 , June 1993 , pp. 355 - 358
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1993

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