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Modern rock art dating began with the analysis of secondary calcite deposits in an Australian cave that are directly and physically related to petroglyphs sandwiched between them. Since then, further work has been conducted but has resulted in more questions than answers. This paper summarises the research so far conducted on the isotopic geochemis...
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... identification of the finger flutings as the oldest petroglyph element present in these sites, although adequately resolved by the speleothem stratigraphy, finds support in the complete lack of finger markings on the surfaces exposed by the ceiling collapse in Koongine Cave (which also truncated the mondmilch panels), which appears to provide a convenient terminus ante quem for the petroglyph production in that cave. The collapsed mass of rock in Koongine Cave is now buried under some one or two metres of sediment (Figure 2), and its lower portions may still bear traces of rock art (Bednarik 1989). If a datable occupation floor could be located beneath the rock fall it would provide a maximum date for the roof fall, and help in establishing the age of the finger flutings. ...
