Direct radiocarbon dating of megalithic paints from north-west Iberia.(Method) From: Antiquity | Date: June 1, 2005| Author: Steelman, K.L.; Ramirez, F. Carrera; Valcarce, R. Fabregas; Guilderson, T.; Rowe, M.W. | COPYRIGHT 2005 Antiquity Publications, Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

On the Iberian Peninsula, post-Palaeolithic paintings--in contrast with Palaeolithic images-have received scant attention from the AMS radiometric technique. In fact, only one radiocarbon date consistent with generally expected values has been previously determined on a painted megalith; charcoal from a black-painted tomb panel in a corridor at Antelas, Viseu, Portugal, was dated to 4655 [+ or -] 65 BP (Cruz 1995a,b). Here we present nine accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radioca...