Dating of Rock Paintings in the Americas: a Word of Caution
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Pictograph dating has been commonplace for two decades. Many good results have been obtained. But, verification needs to become more frequent in rock art dating studies – at least until a new dating method has been proven. Although I speak here only about pictographs, it applies to petroglyphs as well, perhaps even more so. How can we know we are getting accurate dates?Standards are used to verify experimental techniques. However, there is only one American group of known-age pictographs tha...
Source: Palethnologie
Author: Marvin W. Rowe
Institutions: Museum of New Mexico, Texas A&M University
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2298956166