Current problems in dating Palaeolithic cave art: Candamo and Chauvet

New discoveries of cave art at Chauvet and elsewhere have produced radiocarbon dates which may seem startlingly early and demand dramatic revision to the traditional stylistic sequence. The authors warn that the radiocarbon dates may themselves need better validation.

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Published inAntiquity Vol. 77; no. 295; pp. 134 - 141
Main Authors Pettitt, Paul, Bahn, Paul
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.03.2003
Portland Press
Subjects
Analysis
Archaeology
Art history
Carbon dating
cave art
Cave drawings
Caves
Dating
Excavation and methods
Fossils
France
Laboratories
Laboratory methods
Method
Methodology and general studies
Methods
Palaeolithic
Paleolithic Age
Paleolithic period
Prehistory
Prehistory and protohistory
radiocarbon
Radiocarbon dating
Rock art
Aurignacian
Upper Palaeolithic
Magdalenian
Ardeche
France
Europe
Spain
England
Cosquer Cave
Grotte Chauvet
United Kingdom > UK
Chauvet Cave
radiocarbon
Palaeolithic
cave art
Radiocarbon
Stylistic
Laboratory
Method
Dating
Mass spectrometry
Rock art
Painting
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Summary:New discoveries of cave art at Chauvet and elsewhere have produced radiocarbon dates which may seem startlingly early and demand dramatic revision to the traditional stylistic sequence. The authors warn that the radiocarbon dates may themselves need better validation.
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ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.1017/S0003598X00061421