Landscapes in Transition? New Radiocarbon Dates on Cave Drawings from the Mitchell-Palmer Limestone Belt (Northeastern Australia)

Landscapes in Transition? New Radiocarbon Dates on Cave Drawings from the Mitchell-Palmer Limestone Belt (Northeastern Australia)

Description:

The fourth radiocarbon-dated rock drawing is located in a protected part of the site in semi-dark conditions on the vertical wall of a large limestone pillar close to the back wall. It consists of a set of ‘Radiating Lines’ (see David et al. 2001:112 for a tracing of this drawing). The radiocarbon date for this image is 1010 ± 60 BP (OZC608).

Hay Cave: A 30,000-year cultural sequence from the Mitchell-Palmer limestone zone, north Queensland, Australia

The fourth radiocarbon-dated rock drawing is located in a protected part of the site in semi-dark conditions on the vertical wall of a large limestone pillar close to the back wall. It consists of a set of ‘Radiating Lines’ (see David et al. 2001:112 for a tracing of this drawing). The radiocarbon date for this image is 1010 ± 60 BP (OZC608).

 

 

 

 

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