Successfully dating rock art in southern Africa using improved sampling methods and new characterisation and pretreatment protocols by Bonneau, A, Staff, R, Higham, T, Brock, F, Pearce, D, Mitchell, P

“…Worldwide, dating rock art is difficult to achieve because of a frequent lack of datable material and the difficulty of removing contamination from samples. …”

The earliest directly dated rock paintings from southern Africa: new AMS radiocarbon dates by Bonneau, A, Pearce, D, Mitchell, P, Staff, R, Arthur, C, Mallen, L, Brock, F, Higham, T

“…Rock art worldwide has proved extremely difficult to date directly. …”