Climate, styles and archaeology: an integral approach towards an absolute chronology of the rock art in the Libyan Desert (Eastern Sahara)

Archaeology and palaeoclimatology have provided a strong chronological framework for the Holocene settlement of the central Libyan Desert (Eastern Sahara), but this does not integrate the abundant rock art that is present. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this article amalgamates primary environ...

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Published in:Antiquity 2017-02, Vol.91 (355), p.7-23
Main Authors: Riemer, Heiko, Kröpelin, Stefan, Zboray, Andras
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Analysis
Archaeology
Carbon dating
Cave art
Excavation
Historic artifacts
Holocene
Holocene Epoch
Interdisciplinary aspects
Paleoclimate science
Petroglyphs
Prehistoric era
Rock drawings
Rock paintings
Stratigraphy
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Archaeology
Carbon dating
Cave art
Excavation
Historic artifacts
Holocene
Holocene Epoch
Interdisciplinary aspects
Paleoclimate science
Petroglyphs
Prehistoric era
Rock drawings
Rock paintings
Stratigraphy
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