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Direct dating of rock art at Laurie Creek (NT), Australia: a reply to Nelson

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2015

T. H. Loy
T. H. Loy*
Affiliation:
Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
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Abstract

D.E. Nelson (1993), in the last ANTIQUITY, declared doubts about an old date for rock art in northern Australia we published in 1990. T.H. Loy, another co-author of the original paper, confirms his continuing confidence in the determination.

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Antiquity , Volume 68 , Issue 258 , March 1994 , pp. 147 - 148
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1994

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