Open AccessRadiocarbon Dating of Ancient Rock Paintings
Author(s) -
Wayne Ilger,
M. Hyman,
M. W. Rowe,
John Southon
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
analytical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.117
H-Index - 332
eISSN - 1520-6882
pISSN - 0003-2700
DOI - 10.1021/ac802555g
Subject(s) - radiocarbon dating , chemistry , painting , feature (linguistics) , argon , rock art , archaeology , mineralogy , art history , art , history , organic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy
A technique based on cold argon and oxygen plasmas permits radiocarbon dates to be obtained on paintings that contain inorganic pigments. (To listen to a podcast about this feature, please go to the Analytical Chemistry website at http://pubs.acs.org/journal/ancham.).
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