Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The rock art of Australia is among the oldest, most complex, and most fascinating manifestations of human creativity and imagination in the ...

Dating rock art is really hard. Aboriginal artists use iron oxide pigments (ochre) which contain no organic material and are therefore resistant to any radiocarbon analysis. Damien has got around ...

The discovery was made in a rock shelter ... and dynamic early Aboriginal occupation of Australia", Assoc Prof Clarkson told the BBC. The team found pieces of reflective art minerals such as ...