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Cosmogenic radiation nuclides in archaeology: a response to Phillips et al.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Robert G. Bednarik
Robert G. Bednarik*
Affiliation:
AURA, PO Box 216, Caulfield South 3162, Australia
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Abstract

Various methods have been employed in the attempt to date rock-art. Here Robert Bednarik offers a critique of the cosmogenic radiation nuclides method, and its application to the Côa petroglyphs.

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rock-artpetroglyphCôa datingcosmogenic nuclidesUpper Palaeolithic
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Antiquity , Volume 72 , Issue 278 , December 1998 , pp. 811 - 815
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1998

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