Abstract
The authors describe rock art dating research in Australia using the oxalate method. While the array of dates obtained (which range from c. 1200 to c. 25 000 BP) show a satisfactory correlation with other archaeological data, there are mismatches which suggest that some motifs were often imitated by later artists, and/or that the mineral accretions continued to form periodically, perhaps continuously, as a regional phenomenon over a long period of time.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 661-678 |
| Journal | Antiquity |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue number | 305 |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |