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Rock Art

Rock Art is a form of material culture consisting of human-made markings or images on natural rock surfaces, distinguished from other archaeological or artistic remains by its fixed location in situ and its production during prehistoric or traditional cultural contexts primarily within African and global ancient societies.

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239

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OPTICAL DATING OF SINGLE AND MULTIPLE GRAINS OF QUARTZ FROM JINMIUM ROCK SHELTER, NORTHERN AUSTRALIA: PART I, EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND STATISTICAL MODELS*

R. F. Galbraith, Richard G. Roberts, G.M. Laslett et al. · Archaeometry · 1999 · 2.5K citations

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Prehistoric hunters of the High Plains

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 641 citations

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The mind in the cave: consciousness and the origins of art

Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 600 citations

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Believing and Seeing: Symbolic Meanings in Southern San Rock Paintings.

C. K. Cooke, J. D. Lewis‐Williams · Man · 1982 · 437 citations

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The world history of beekeeping and honey hunting

Choice Reviews Online · 2000 · 294 citations

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Authors

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  1. JD
    J. D. Lewis‐Williams

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    36 publications · 2.4K citations

    27

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  2. PT
    Paul Taçon

    Griffith University, Australia

    49 publications · 1.8K citations

    25

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  3. TA
    Thomas A. Dowson

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    19 publications · 1.2K citations

    18

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  4. AW
    Alan Watchman

    Australian National University, Australia

    21 publications · 756 citations

    17

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  5. BD
    Bruno David

    Monash University, Australia

    19 publications · 541 citations

    15

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Institutions

782

  1. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    30 h-index

    100 publications

    3.6K citations

  2. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    26 h-index

    82 publications

    3.4K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    26 h-index

    168 publications

    6.7K citations

  4. Griffith University

    Brisbane, Australia

    25 h-index

    93 publications

    4.1K citations

  5. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    19 h-index

    53 publications

    1.9K citations

  6. Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, Spain

    18 h-index

    48 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Travaux et Recherches Archéologiques sur les Cultures, les Espaces et les Sociétés

    Toulouse, France

    17 h-index

    25 publications

    971 citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    57 publications

    2K citations

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Venues

  1. Antiquity

    78 publications · 2.7K citations

    34

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  2. The South African Archaeological Bulletin

    65 publications · 3.2K citations

    33

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 54 publications · 4.7K citations

    31

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  4. Journal of Archaeological Science

    47 publications · 2K citations

    29

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  5. Cambridge Archaeological Journal

    36 publications · 1.5K citations

    22

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