Dating Egypt's oldest ‘art’: AMS 14C age determinations of rock varnishes covering petroglyphs at El-Hosh (Upper Egypt)
| Autor: | Dirk Huyge, Alan Watchman, Elena Marchi, M. De Dapper |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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| Zdroj: | Antiquity. 75:68-72 |
| ISSN: | 1745-1744 0003-598X |
| Popis: | Direct dating, using the Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) 14C method, indicates that some petroglyphs (rock art) at El-Hosh in Upper Egypt pre-date the early 7th millennium BP (mid 6th millennium cal BC), making it the oldest graphic activity recorded in the Nile Valley. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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