The earliest directly dated rock paintings from southern Africa: new AMS radiocarbon dates

Bonneau, Adelphine; Pearce, David; Mitchell, Peter; Staff, Richard A.; Arthur, Charles; Mallen, Lara; Brock, Fiona; Higham, Thomas

doi:10.15184/aqy.2016.271

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“…This challenge is not just applicable to the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park, but it extends to other regions within southern Africa and beyond. With recent technological advancements, it seems there might be hope for the challenge of creating rock art chronologies from direct dating to be addressed (see also Bonneau et al 2011Bonneau et al , 2012Bonneau et al , 2017bPearce and Bonneau 2018).…”

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uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park (South Africa), Rock Art At

Ndlovu

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“…In last decades, archaeometric studies have been a powerful tool to understand the materials employed in paintings [1][2][3][4][5][6] as well as the natural and/or anthropic phenomena that affect them throughout time [7][8][9][10][11][12]. Also, direct absolute chronology of paintings has demonstrated to be a powerful tool in this matter [13,14]. However, the potential of physicochemical studies has not been completely exploited and there are great possibilities to contribute to the actual discussions about historical processes and social practices that constructed and modified rock painting sites.…”

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Looking for paint mixtures to glimpse pictorial techniques: a micro-stratigraphic physicochemical approach to the rock art from the Oyola’s Caves (Argentina)

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Could not be possible that rock paintings with similar hues and morphologies were the result of different paint preparations inside a cave but distanced in time? Is there any archaeometric approach that allow us to evidence these subtle differences? Aiming to address these inquires, in this work are presented the potentials of new physicochemical lines of evidence for characterization and differentiation of paint mixtures. This will improve the understanding of the technical heterogeneity and temporal complexity of painting sets executed in a particular archaeological site. In order to explore these points, the results obtained in the micro-stratigraphic studies of samples taken from the painted walls of Oyola, an archaeological site located in the northwest of Argentina, are presented. These samples have been analyzed by micro-Raman spectroscopy (mRS) and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray (SEM-EDS). The differences found by cross-section chemical studies could be explained as a consequence of two situations: 1-differences in the painting's chemical components, either in the pigments involved or additives used; and, 2-differences in the physical properties of the mixtures such as stratum thickness and/or particle size. Also, in this article are explained each of the hypothesis, presenting the limits of these interpretations and pointing out future research challenges. As we discussed, it could be possible that the chemical and physical differences found between paint mixtures were the material expression of varied types of pictorial techniques.

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Looking for Paint Mixtures to Glimpse Pictorial Techniques: A Micro -Stratigraphic Physicochemical Approach to the Rock Art From the Oyola’s Caves (Argentina)

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Could not be possible that rock paintings with similar hues and morphologies were the result of different paint preparations inside a cave but distanced in time? Is there any archaeometric approach that allow us to evidence these subtle differences? Aiming to address these inquires, in this work are presented the potentials of new physicochemical lines of evidence for characterization and differentiation of paint mixtures. This will improve the understanding of the technical heterogeneity and temporal complexity of painting sets executed in a particular archaeological site. In order to explore these points, the results obtained in the micro-stratigraphic studies of samples taken from the painted walls of Oyola, an archaeological site located in the northwest of Argentina, are presented. These samples have been analyzed by micro-Raman spectroscopy (mRS) and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray (SEM-EDS). The differences found by cross-section chemical studies could be explained as a consequence of two situations: 1- differences in the painting’s chemical components, either in the pigments involved or additives used; and, 2- differences in the physical properties of the mixtures such as stratum thickness and/or particle size. Also, in this article are explained each of the hypothesis, presenting the limits of these interpretations and pointing out future research challenges. As we discussed, it could be possible that the chemical and physical differences found between paint mixtures were the material expression of varied types of pictorial techniques.

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The earliest directly dated rock paintings from southern Africa: new AMS radiocarbon dates

Cited by 61 publications

References 19 publications

uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park (South Africa), Rock Art At

uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park (South Africa), Rock Art At

Looking for paint mixtures to glimpse pictorial techniques: a micro-stratigraphic physicochemical approach to the rock art from the Oyola’s Caves (Argentina)

Looking for Paint Mixtures to Glimpse Pictorial Techniques: A Micro -Stratigraphic Physicochemical Approach to the Rock Art From the Oyola’s Caves (Argentina)

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