First Directly Dated Rock Art in Southeast Asia and the Archaeological Implications

• Main Authors: Jalandoni, Andrea, Faylona, Marie Grace Pamela G, Sambo, Aila Shaine, Willis, Mark D, Lising, Caroline Marie Q, Kottermair, Maria, Loriega, Xandriane E, Taçon, Paul S. C.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: charcoal; dating; Philippines; pictograms; rock art; Archaeological Anthropology; Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/108; https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/radiocarbon/article/abs/first-directly-dated-rock-art-in-southeast-asia-and-the-archaeological-implications/710FA48B3442A3F509AE44385588F5FE
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper integrates the first rock art directly dated with radiocarbon (14C) in Southeast Asia with the archaeological activity in the area and with stylistically similar rock art in the region. Peñablanca is a hotspot of archaeological research that includes the oldest dates for human remains in...