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Faces of the ancestors revealed: Discovery and dating of a Pleistocene-age petroglyph in Lene Hara Cave, East Timor

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dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, Susan
dc.contributor.authorAplin, Ken
dc.contributor.authorSt Pierre, Emma
dc.contributor.authorFeng, Y-X
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:45:41Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.updated2020-11-15T07:19:28Z
dc.description.abstractA petroglyph showing a human face found in East Timor is dated to the late Pleistocene. It recalls ancient Australian forms and raises the possibility of connecting early cave art with the better known painted figures of Lapita/Austronesian art ten millennia later. This new discovery at a known cave shows what precious evidence still lies in store even in well-trodden places.
dc.identifier.issn0003-598X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/58605
dc.publisherAntiquity Publications
dc.sourceAntiquity
dc.source.urihttp://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0003598X00100146
dc.subjectKeywords: Austronesians; East Timor; Human face; Lapita; Petroglyph; Pigment; Pleistocene art; Rock art; Southeast Asia
dc.titleFaces of the ancestors revealed: Discovery and dating of a Pleistocene-age petroglyph in Lene Hara Cave, East Timor
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue325
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage665
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage649
local.contributor.affiliationO'Connor, Susan, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationAplin, Ken, CSIRO Division of Sustainable Ecosystems
local.contributor.affiliationSt Pierre, Emma, University of Queensland
local.contributor.affiliationFeng, Y-X, University of Queensland
local.contributor.authoruidO'Connor, Susan, u9413939
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor210106 - Archaeology of New Guinea and Pacific Islands (excl. New Zealand)
local.identifier.ariespublicationf2965xPUB450
local.identifier.citationvolume84
local.identifier.doi/10.1017/S0003598X00100146
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-78649890128
local.identifier.thomsonID000282415900004
local.type.statusPublished Version

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