The earliest directly dated rock paintings from southern Africa: new AMS radiocarbon dates

Rock art worldwide has proved extremely difficult to date directly. Here, the first radiocarbon dates for rock paintings in Botswana and Lesotho are presented, along with additional dates for Later Stone Age rock art in South Africa. The samples selected for dating were identified as carbon-blacks f...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bonneau, A, Pearce, D, Mitchell, P, Staff, R, Arthur, C, Mallen, L, Brock, F, Higham, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2017