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The Côa petroglyphs: an obituary to the stylistic dating of Palaeolithic rock-art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Robert G. Bednarik
Robert G. Bednarik*
Affiliation:
International Federation of Rock Art Organizations, PO Box 216, Caulfield South 3162, Australia
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Abstract

The Côa petroglyphs, seen in the established framework of rock-art studies, belong in the corpus of west European parietal art of late Pleistocene age, as found in scores of caves and some open-air locations. One of the four researchers who this summer studied the age of the figures using ‘modern rock-art science’ summarizes the group's' conclusions, and states how they kill off the stylistic dating of Palaeolithic rock-art.

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Antiquity , Volume 69 , Issue 266 , December 1995 , pp. 877 - 883
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1995

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