Calcium oxalate AMS C dating and chronology of post-Palaeolithic rock paintings in the Iberian Peninsula. Two dates from Abrigo de los Oculados (Henarejos,Cuenca, Spain) |
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| Authors: | Juan F Ruiz Antonio Hernanz Ruth Ann Armitage Marvin W Rowe Ramon Viñas José M Gavira-Vallejo Albert Rubio |
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| Institution: | 1. Dpto. de Historia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación y Humanidades, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha (UCLM), Avda. de los Alfares 42, 16002 Cuenca, Spain;2. Dpto. de Ciencias y Técnicas Fisicoquímicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Paseo Senda del Rey 9, 28041 Madrid, Spain;3. Chemistry Department, Eastern Michigan University (EMU) Ypsilanti, MI, USA;4. Chemistry Department, Texas A&M University-Qatar, Doha, Qatar and Conservation Scientist, Museum of New Mexico, USA, Santa Fe, NM, USA;5. Institut Català de Paleoecològia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Plaza Imperial Tarraco, Tarragona, Spain;6. Seminari d’Estudis i Recerques Prehistòriques (SERP), Departamento de Prehistoria, Universidad de Barcelona (UB), Montealegre 6, 08001 Barcelona, Spain |
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| Abstract: | Since 2005 we have been utilizing accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) 14C dating in research on calcium oxalate crusts associated with open air rock art of the Iberian Peninsula. In this paper we present two dates linked with three eye-idol pictographs at Abrigo de los Oculados (Henarejos, Cuenca, Spain). Radiocarbon ages for these motifs agree with the expected iconography-based archaeological chronology. Such oxalate dates could provide an independent basis for evaluating chronological theories for post-Palaeolithic sites, designated in the UNESCO World Heritage List as Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. |
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| Keywords: | AMS 14C dating Calcium oxalate Schematic art Levantine art Eye-idols Abrigo de los Oculados |
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