The timing and nature of human colonization of Southeast Asia in the Late Pleistocene. A rock art perspective
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Aubert, Maxime
Brumm, Adam
Tacon, Paul SC
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2017
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Recent technological developments in scientific dating methods and their applications to a broad range of materials have transformed our ability to accurately date rock art. These novel breakthroughs in turn are challenging and, in some instances, dramatically changing our perceptions of the timing and the nature of the development of rock art and other forms of symbolic expression in various parts of the late Pleistocene world. Here we discuss the application of these methods to the dating of rock art in Southeast Asia, with key implications for understanding the pattern of recent human evolution and dispersal outside Africa.Recent technological developments in scientific dating methods and their applications to a broad range of materials have transformed our ability to accurately date rock art. These novel breakthroughs in turn are challenging and, in some instances, dramatically changing our perceptions of the timing and the nature of the development of rock art and other forms of symbolic expression in various parts of the late Pleistocene world. Here we discuss the application of these methods to the dating of rock art in Southeast Asia, with key implications for understanding the pattern of recent human evolution and dispersal outside Africa.
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Journal Title
Current Anthropology
Volume
58
Issue
17
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© 2017 by University of Chicago Press. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. First published in Current Anthropology with publishing partner The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
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Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas
Archaeology not elsewhere classified
Archaeology
Anthropology