| Well-aged slabs
of art
The oldest
confirmed dates for cave or rock art in southern Africa have come from
3,600-year-old paint on a pair of buried slabs.
References:
Jerardino, A.,
and N. Swanepoel. 1999. Painted slabs from Steenbokfontein Cave: The
oldest known parietal art in southern Africa. Current Anthropology
40(August-October):542.
Further Readings:
Bower, B. 1996. Vision on the rocks. Science
News 150(Oct. 5):216.
Sources:
Antonieta
Jerardino
University of Cape Town
Department of Archaeology
Rondebosch 7701
South Africa
Natalie
Swanepoel
Syracuse University
Anthropology Department
209 Maxwell Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-1090
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 16, October 16, 1999, p. 254. Copyright © 1999,
Science Service. |