Time and Space : Dating and Spatial Considerations in Rock Art Research : Papers of Symposia F and E, Second AURA Congress, Cairns 1992 (Occasional Australian Rock Art Research Association Publication, No. 8)

CONTENTS: Foreword; Opening address of the Second AURA Congress Science and aesthetics and the promise of rock art; PART 1: THE DATING OF ROCK ART; Content and chronology of Northwest Coast (North America) rock art; The early rock art of the Kimberley Australia developing a chronology; Dating a new painted cave: the Cosquer Cave Marseille France; Two old painted panels from Kakadu variation and ,sequence in Arnhem Land rock art; From micro-to-nano-stratigraphy linking vertical and horizontal dating of archaeological deposits with the direct dating of rock art at 'The Walkunders' Chillagoe (north Queensland Australia); A strategy for the practical application of microerosion dating; AMS 14C dating of rock paintings; Focused laser extraction of carbonaceous substances for AMS radiocarbon dating (FLECS-AMS); PART 2: SPATIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ROCK ART; Introduction expressing relationships to the land by marking special places; On a clear day you can see to Mount Yengo Or investigating the archaeological manifestations of culturally significant foci in the prehistoric landscape; A spatial analysis of anthropomorphs from rock art sites of the Laura area, Australia; Rock paintings of domestic ungulates in the Caledon River valley area of southern Africa understanding the interaction between hunter-gatherers and agriculturalists; A comparison of Franco-Cantabrian and Maya art in deep caves: spatial strategies and cultural considerations; Places to see and places to hear: rock art and features of the sacred landscape.…