The age of the Coa valley (Portugal) rock-art: Validation of archaeological dating to the Palaeolithic and refutation of 'scientific' dating to historic or proto-historic times

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Zilhao, J
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[1] Instituto de Arqueologia, Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa
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10.1017/S0003598X00082442
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Q98 [人类学];
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030303 ;
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The dating studies of the 'modern rock-art scientists', when critically examined, are found not to show that the Coa valley petroglyphs are of recent age, Their Upper Palaeolithic characteristics, and therefore their likely late Pleistocene age, are consistent with their archaeological context.
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