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Direct dating of rock art at Laurie Creek (NT), Australia: a reply to Nelson

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2015

T. H. Loy*
Affiliation:
Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia

Abstract

D.E. Nelson (1993), in the last ANTIQUITY, declared doubts about an old date for rock art in northern Australia we published in 1990. T.H. Loy, another co-author of the original paper, confirms his continuing confidence in the determination.

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Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1994

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