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A 28,000 year old excavated painted rock from Nawarla Gabarnmang, northern Australia

2012; Elsevier BV; Volume: 40; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jas.2012.08.015

1095-9238

Bruno David, Bryce Barker, Fiona Petchey, Jean‐Jacques Delannoy, Jean‐Michel Geneste, Cassandra Rowe, Mark Eccleston, Lara Lamb, Ray Whear,

Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

We report new archaeological excavations from northern Australia revealing part of a charcoal design likely to be c. 28,000 years old (and chrono-stratigraphically constrained within the period 15,600-45,600 cal BP) on a small rock slab fallen from the ceiling at the rockshelter of Nawarla Gabarnmang in Jawoyn country, Arnhem Land. This represents the oldest confirmed pictograph in Australia.