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Accelerator radiocarbon dating of Natal Drakensberg paintings: results and implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

A. D. Mazel  and
A. L. Watchman
A. D. Mazel
Affiliation:
Natal Museum, Private Bag 9070, Pietermaritzburg 3200, South Africa
A. L. Watchman
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology & Archaeology, James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811, Australia
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As Rosenfeld & Smith report in this number of ANTIQUITY, the reconciliation of conventional chronologies for rock-art with the emergent radiocarbon-based dates is not proving an easy affair. Here are the first steps for the classic area of San hunter-gatherer art, on the South Africa/Lesotho border.

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Antiquity , Volume 71 , Issue 272 , June 1997 , pp. 445 - 449
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1997

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