12,000-Year-old Aboriginal rock art from the Kimberley region, Western Australia

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dc.contributor.authorFinch, Den_AU
dc.contributor.authorGleadow, AJMen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHergt, Jen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLevchenko, VAen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHeaney, Pen_AU
dc.contributor.authorVeth, Pen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHarper, Sen_AU
dc.contributor.authorOuzman, Sen_AU
dc.contributor.authorMyers, Cen_AU
dc.contributor.authorGreen, Hen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-16T01:40:48Zen_AU
dc.date.available2020-07-16T01:40:48Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2020-02-05en_AU
dc.date.statistics2020-06-15en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe Kimberley region in Western Australia hosts one of the world’s most substantial bodies of indigenous rock art thought to extend in a series of stylistic or iconographic phases from the present day back into the Pleistocene. As with other rock art worldwide, the older styles have proven notoriously difficult to date quantitatively, requiring new scientific approaches. Here, we present the radiocarbon ages of 24 mud wasp nests that were either over or under pigment from 21 anthropomorphic motifs of the Gwion style (previously referred to as “Bradshaws”) from the middle of the relative stylistic sequence. We demonstrate that while one date suggests a minimum age of c. 17 ka for one motif, most of the dates support a hypothesis that these Gwion paintings were produced in a relatively narrow period around 12,000 years ago. © 2020 American Association for the Advancement of Science.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by Australian Research Council Linkage Projects LP130100501 and LP170100155 with funding partner the Kimberley Foundation Australia, with in-kind support from Dunkeld Pastoral Co. Pty Ltd. and Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation especially for fieldwork. D.F. is supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award and an AINSE Post Graduate Research Award. The Kimberley Foundation Australia also provided a grant to D.F. to establish the radiocarbon pretreatment facility at the University of Melbourne.en_AU
dc.identifier.articlenumbereaay3922en_AU
dc.identifier.citationFinch, D., Gleadow, A., Hergt, J., Levchenko, V. A., Heaney, P., Veth, P., Harper, S., Ouzman, S., Myers, C., & Green, H. (2020). 12,000-Year-old Aboriginal rock art from the Kimberley region, Western Australia. Science Advances, 6(6), eaay3922. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aay3922 %J Science Advancesen_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc9721en_AU
dc.identifier.issn2375-2548en_AU
dc.identifier.issue6en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleScience Advancesen_AU
dc.identifier.uriDOI:10.1126/sciadv.aay3922en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/9677en_AU
dc.identifier.volume6en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherAmerican Association for Advancement of Scienceen_AU
dc.subjectWestern Australiaen_AU
dc.subjectAustraliaen_AU
dc.subjectIndigenous peoplesen_AU
dc.subjectCultural objectsen_AU
dc.subjectAge estimationen_AU
dc.subjectCarbon 14en_AU
dc.subjectPigmentsen_AU
dc.title12,000-Year-old Aboriginal rock art from the Kimberley region, Western Australiaen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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