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U-series dating of Palaeolithic rock art at Fuente del Trucho (Aragón, Spain)

U-series dating of Palaeolithic rock art at Fuente del Trucho (Aragón, Spain)
U-series dating of Palaeolithic rock art at Fuente del Trucho (Aragón, Spain)
This paper concerns the dating of the Paleolithic rock art of the Fuente del Trucho cave. We used the U–Th method to date calcite crusts superimposed to the paintings. Whenever sub-samples of a single crust could be dated we obtained stratigraphically consistent results and the correction for detrital contamination is negligible. Our results are strictly reliable as minimum ages and suggest that the decoration of this site is of a Gravettian or earlier age, even though a Solutrean chronology cannot be excluded in a few cases. These results are upheld by stylistical comparison with Spanish and French parietal and mobiliary art.
U–Th chronology, upper paleolithic, hand stencils, figurative art, dot sets, trefoil sign
1040-6182
50-58
Hoffmann, Dirk L.
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Utrilla, Pilar
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Bea, Manuel
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Pike, Alistair W.G.
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García-Diez, Marcos
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Zilhão, João
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Domingo, Rafael
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Hoffmann, Dirk L.
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Utrilla, Pilar
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Bea, Manuel
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Pike, Alistair W.G.
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García-Diez, Marcos
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Zilhão, João
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Domingo, Rafael
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Hoffmann, Dirk L., Utrilla, Pilar, Bea, Manuel, Pike, Alistair W.G., García-Diez, Marcos, Zilhão, João and Domingo, Rafael (2017) U-series dating of Palaeolithic rock art at Fuente del Trucho (Aragón, Spain). Quaternary International, 423 (B), 50-58. (doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.111).

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This paper concerns the dating of the Paleolithic rock art of the Fuente del Trucho cave. We used the U–Th method to date calcite crusts superimposed to the paintings. Whenever sub-samples of a single crust could be dated we obtained stratigraphically consistent results and the correction for detrital contamination is negligible. Our results are strictly reliable as minimum ages and suggest that the decoration of this site is of a Gravettian or earlier age, even though a Solutrean chronology cannot be excluded in a few cases. These results are upheld by stylistical comparison with Spanish and French parietal and mobiliary art.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 8 March 2017
Published date: 8 March 2017
Keywords: U–Th chronology, upper paleolithic, hand stencils, figurative art, dot sets, trefoil sign
Organisations: Archaeology

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Local EPrints ID: 389582
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/389582
ISSN: 1040-6182
PURE UUID: a0f9d8a5-0662-4078-a4ae-e943cecb733d
ORCID for Alistair W.G. Pike: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5610-8948

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Date deposited: 10 Mar 2016 12:00
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:44

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Author: Dirk L. Hoffmann
Author: Pilar Utrilla
Author: Manuel Bea
Author: Marcos García-Diez
Author: João Zilhão
Author: Rafael Domingo

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