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1. Calcium oxalate AMS 14C dating and chronology of post-Palaeolithic rock paintings in the Iberian Peninsula. Two dates from Abrigo de los Oculados (Henarejos, Cuenca, Spain)

Author

Ruiz, Juan F., Hernanz, Antonio, Armitage, Ruth Ann, Rowe, Marvin W., Viñas, Ramon, Gavira-Vallejo, José M., and Rubio, Albert

Subjects
*CALCIUM oxalate, *CHRONOLOGY, *ARCHAEOLOGY methodology, *ACCELERATOR mass spectrometry, *PICTURE-writing
Abstract

Abstract: Since 2005 we have been utilizing accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) 14C dating in research on calcium oxalate crusts associated with open air rock art of the Iberian Peninsula. In this paper we present two dates linked with three eye-idol pictographs at Abrigo de los Oculados (Henarejos, Cuenca, Spain). Radiocarbon ages for these motifs agree with the expected iconography-based archaeological chronology. Such oxalate dates could provide an independent basis for evaluating chronological theories for post-Palaeolithic sites, designated in the UNESCO World Heritage List as Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Published
2012
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